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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?
(a) Two dollars
(b) One dollar
(c) Fifty cents
(d) One and a half dollars

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

3. What does Ambrose see through the shoulders of Magda’s sundress when she leans forward to look for the Towers?
(a) The shoulders of an extra blouse she is wearing
(b) Two straps on each shoulder under the sun dress
(c) One strap on each shoulder under the sun dress
(d) Nothing

4. What does Ambrose wish for at the end of the story?
(a) That he had never entered the funhouse and that he was dead
(b) That he was already an adult
(c) That the funhouse had never been built
(d) That Magda was with him

5. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?
(a) He thinks the woman knows why he is going inside with Magda
(b) He does not have enough money
(c) He is not embarrassed at the entrance
(d) He accidentally gives her his name coin

6. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?
(a) Peter’s diving
(b) How other girls look in their swimsuits
(c) How the swimming suits fit the boys
(d) Ambrose’s poor swimming

7. Why does Ambrose keep his hand on the seat behind Magda?
(a) He has a water balloon in his hand
(b) It is the most comfortable position for him
(c) He is determined that Magda is going to sit on his hand
(d) He is going to push her out of the seat when she sits back

8. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?
(a) Ambrose thinks funhouses are false
(b) Ambrose feels fear and confused about the funhouse
(c) Ambrose thinks they are funny
(d) Ambrose thinks funhouses are stupid

9. What does Ambrose decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?
(a) That he must be slightly loony
(b) That he has a truly great imagination
(c) That she hopes he does not decide to write for a living
(d) That he is a strange boy

10. What kind of tattoo does Uncle Karl have?
(a) A snake wrapped around his biceps
(b) A U.S. flag
(c) A sea anchor
(d) A heart with an arrow through it

11. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?
(a) When the narrator identifies too strongly with the narrator
(b) When it is essential for the narrator to know what every character is thinking
(c) When the story is written for children
(d) When it is obvious the events could not be real

12. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He could not sing but tried to anyway
(b) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(c) He is covered in Noxzema
(d) He carries his guitar across his back

13. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?
(a) To visit his grandparents
(b) To gamble
(c) On vacation
(d) There is a death in the family

14. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?
(a) Around thirty
(b) When they hit the twenties
(c) The middle teens
(d) After marriage

15. What does Ambrose think will happen when he never comes out of the funhouse?
(a) Magda will never marry for grief of his death
(b) Peter will marry Magda
(c) The police will come and there will be a story in the paper
(d) His father will be very angry

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?

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

3. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?

4. Ambrose thinks everything one sees in Ocean City is preparation and intermission for what?

5. How does Peter get into the swimming pool?

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