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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 alternates back and forth in a narrative?
(a) Characterization and Description
(b) Action and dialogue
(c) Dramatization and summarization
(d) Exciting parts and boring parts

2. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Is a masonry contractor
(b) Works in a munitions factory
(c) Has a plumbing business
(d) Is a school teacher

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 the seat near Ambrose’s left leg
(c) On the door’s armrest
(d) On her lap

4. What does the narrator say triangulation is?
(a) It is when two boys like the same girl
(b) Trying to use at least three different descriptions for a character
(c) It is a form of homicide
(d) Determining a position using two or more compass bearings

5. What does Ambrose think sounds like bees droning?
(a) An old, black, wall fan
(b) The noise in his head
(c) A noise under the walk where he is standing
(d) The old man snoring

6. 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

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

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

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

10. What does Ambrose think is different about himself from others?
(a) He is smarter than anyone he knows, even his father
(b) He understands more than he should
(c) He has the ability to be a true hero
(d) He is an adult in mind even though he is only 13

11. What does the narrator say funhouses need at intervals?
(a) Bells to ring if one is sick
(b) Staff members to help lost people
(c) Exit signs
(d) Male and female restrooms

12. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?
(a) He will introduce a law banning funhouses
(b) He will go in every funhouse he sees and mark the halls
(c) He will stand outside the funhouse and tells others how easy it is to get lost
(d) He will construct funhouses for a living and they will be perfect

13. When Ambrose’s father was a young teen how did his family go on vacation?
(a) By car
(b) By train
(c) They usually took a bus
(d) They did not take vacations away from home

14. Who does the narrator say Peter resembles?
(a) His father
(b) His Uncle Karl
(c) His mother
(d) His maternal grandfather

15. The narrator says italics should be used how often?
(a) They should be used sparingly
(b) Very often to clarify the writing
(c) Never
(d) They should be used on every page

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?

2. What did Ambrose feel during Magda enacting her punishment?

3. Why is Ocean City browned out?

4. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?

5. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?

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