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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?
(a) That Peter will not be with them as Peter has no money
(b) That he has never been through the funhouse
(c) That he plans to look up her dress
(d) That a kiss will be acceptable payment for spending a quarter on her

2. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) Disciplines the boys
(b) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors
(c) He has never administered corporal punishment
(d) He never swears in front of the boys

3. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?
(a) Will he quit the troop when they go home
(b) Do the boys think he is strange
(c) Will he ever become a regular person
(d) Will he ever enjoy scouting

4. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?
(a) To hold onto Magda so she won’t fall
(b) To go crabwise to get an eyeful
(c) To stay on the left of Magda so she’ll fall and he can see up her skirt
(d) To look straight ahead to keep his footing

5. What does Ambrose imagine people think when years after he is still lost in the funhouse they find his skeleton?
(a) Is that skeleton a real one?
(b) He must have been a really stupid person to stay lost
(c) He must have lived alone since no one came looking for him
(d) He must be part of the entertainment in the funhouse

6. Over what does Ambrose’s mother chide his father?
(a) Driving too fast
(b) Wasting half a cigarette
(c) Not using his turn signal
(d) For missing the turn off

7. What church does Ambrose try to join when he finds out he is not baptized?
(a) All Saints Episcopal
(b) Collins Baptist Church
(c) Grace Methodist
(d) John Knox Presbyterian

8. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?
(a) Gives to Uncle Karl
(b) Puts it out in the ashtray
(c) Throws it out the window
(d) Hands it to his wife

9. What does Ambrose’s mother say when Magda wins the Towers game?
(a) She does not get a prize because she is not a member of the family
(b) Magda won because someone has a girlfriend
(c) Magda has better eyes than her sons
(d) Females will always win over the males

10. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?
(a) It had a rattlesnake in it
(b) It came off the track as the riders were boarding it.
(c) It was struck by lightning
(d) It ran off the track and sailed over the boardwalk

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

12. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?
(a) The town does not have the money
(b) There is going to be a strong thunderstorm that evening
(c) There is a shortage of materials
(d) Because of enemy submarines

13. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?
(a) Nothing
(b) They are cracked and taped
(c) They are missing
(d) They are fogged over

14. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?
(a) Pretend you were trying to find a lost child you heard crying
(b) Start to cry when asked a question
(c) Say you were chasing a dog who got into the funhouse
(d) Act surprised at the fuss and pretend you were never lost

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?

2. Where does Uncle Karl tell the children not to go?

3. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?

4. What does Uncle Karl keep in the empty cigar box?

5. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?

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