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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe
(b) George Eliot
(c) James Joyce
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

3. 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

4. What do Peter and Magda do while Ambrose’s father is searching for Ambrose?
(a) Eat French fries
(b) Go swimming
(c) Play another game on the boardwalk
(d) Go under the boardwalk and make out

5. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?
(a) Sunbath and then rinse off in the outdoor showers
(b) Walk along the beach and look for shells
(c) Go to the municipal pool
(d) They are going to swim in the ocean

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what does the lady on the cigar box sit?

3. What does Ambrose think about being himself?

4. What sets beside the lady on the cigar box?

5. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ambrose think about when he is in the mirror room of the Funhouse, and what does Ambrose hear?

2. What does Ambrose remember of a cigar box his Uncle Karl has?

3. Where does Ambrose go after dinner? What is he looking for and what does he see?

4. Why does Ambrose think people don’t know what to make of him?

5. What is done in Ocean City because of U-boats and how is it done?

6. Why does the family stay out of the ocean, and what do they do instead of swimming in the ocean?

7. What does Ambrose think he sees when he steps into the mirror room in the Funhouse?

8. What happens as the teenagers are entering the Funhouse?

9. Why does Magda win the traditional game in the car, and what does Ambrose’s mother say about her win?

10. How does Ambrose know Magda and Peter have exited the Funhouse?

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