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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?
(a) The middle should start when the main character gets lost
(b) He does not say what should be in the middle
(c) The narrator thinks there should be no set beginning, middle and end in a story
(d) All the relevant facts between going into the house and getting lost

2. What kind of tree leaves does Ambrose remember from his younger days?
(a) Hickory
(b) Maple
(c) Oak
(d) Beech

3. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?
(a) On the back of the front passenger seat
(b) On her lap
(c) On the door’s armrest
(d) On the seat near Ambrose’s left leg

4. Where is the imaginary torture chamber to which Magda took Ambrose?
(a) Behind the hedge in the side yard
(b) On the front porch
(c) In the garage
(d) Between the woodshed and the privy

5. What does Ambrose notice is missing that causes Ambrose to falter when he is lost in a dark area of the funhouse?
(a) No doors
(b) Other people
(c) Phorescent arrows and other signs
(d) No windows

6. In Ambrose’s imagination, what does Uncle Karl tease Ambrose about on the drive home from Ocean City?
(a) Finding his way through the funhouse with a blind Negro girl
(b) Running out from under the boardwalk looking terrified
(c) Loosing Magda and the chance to kiss her in the funhouse
(d) Getting lost in the funhouse

7. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?
(a) Frown
(b) Stop and stare
(c) Laugh
(d) Listen carefully to what it is saying

8. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?
(a) She is too afraid of the dark
(b) She thinks he is crazy
(c) She believes he must be alone and suffering to achieve greatness
(d) Her father will not allow her to find Ambrose

9. What does Ambrose wonder after he dozes off when he tries to find the old man?
(a) He wonders if his mother is worried
(b) He wonders if maybe he never entered the funhouse and this is just a dream
(c) He wonders if he imagined the man
(d) He wonders how he could have left the room where he saw the man

10. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice
(b) Speak in as deep a voice as possible
(c) Speak very quickly
(d) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead

11. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?
(a) 1927
(b) 1916
(c) 1905
(d) 1933

12. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?
(a) Ambrose
(b) Magda
(c) Peter
(d) It is set in the rules of the game

13. What does the narrator say is the manuscript mark for italic type?
(a) Backward quotation marks
(b) A straight underline
(c) Putting the text in square parentheses
(d) Highlighting the text

14. What does Ambrose imagine about his work when he is an adult?
(a) He will be very famous in his line of work
(b) It will help to save the world
(c) It will be something only super intelligent people can do
(d) It will be work that will impress Magda

15. What does the narrator say giving descriptions with two different senses, such as auditory and visual, can do?
(a) It draws the attention away from any narrative contrivances
(b) It orients the reader’s imagination to the scene
(c) It helps the author remember what the characters are doing
(d) It adds words to the book

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Ambrose’s father’s physical looks?

2. Why did Ambrose’s mother put off his baptism?

3. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?

4. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?

5. What church does Ambrose try to join when he finds out he is not baptized?

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