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

2. What nickname does Magda use for Ambrose?
(a) Am
(b) Amby
(c) Amy
(d) Brose

3. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?
(a) There is no conventional narrative pattern
(b) People have learned by trial and error that it works
(c) The publishers will not buy literature that does not use it
(d) It is what they teach in school

4. What does Uncle Karl say Ambrose’s future family will use to go on vacation?
(a) A flying Autogiros
(b) A train
(c) A subway built underground across America
(d) A moving sidewalk

5. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?
(a) Use the money for rides because the father will buy dinner
(b) Do not spend the money quickly or in one place
(c) Put the money away in their deepest pocket
(d) It is a holiday so spend it having a good time

Short Answer Questions

1. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

2. What literary device does the narrator say diving into the swimming pool could be?

3. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?

4. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ambrose’s father doing while Ambrose is in the Funhouse?

2. What does Ambrose decide is the whole point of being in Ocean City, and how does he see Ocean City when he figures this out?

3. What is a traditional game the family plays when approaching the midway point, and what is the prize for the winner?

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

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

6. Who does Ambrose see in the Funhouse when he is wandering and what is that person doing?

7. Why doesn’t Ambrose ask the person he sees how to get out of the Funhouse, and what happens when Ambrose realizes he is lost?

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

9. What does Ambrose do hesitantly to try and find some help while lost in the funhouse?

10. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about getting through the Funhouse?

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