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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 does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?
(a) Safety during a blackout
(b) A new casino in Ocean City
(c) The new Sears Roebuck stores
(d) U.S. War bonds and stamps

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

3. What does the narrator say might happen if Ambrose comes across another lost person in the funhouse?
(a) It would be a girl and she would not like him
(b) They would help and encourage each other
(c) It would be an older boy who would laugh at Ambrose
(d) He does not suggest that

4. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?
(a) With a candle
(b) With a pocket flashlight
(c) The walk lights leak through the spaces between the boards
(d) With a lit match

5. 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) Nothing
(c) One strap on each shoulder under the sun dress
(d) Two straps on each shoulder under the sun dress

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Independence Day is in America?

2. What does Ambrose think a perfect funhouse would contain?

3. What does the narrator say giving descriptions with two different senses, such as auditory and visual, can do?

4. What does Peter say is the reason Uncle Karl wants to go to the beach?

5. What does Ambrose notice is missing that causes Ambrose to falter when he is lost in a dark area of the funhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ambrose feel about the Funhouse on the way home, and what does Uncle Karl do about the whole affair?

2. How are the teenagers able to get into the Funhouse?

3. What does an elderly man say to Ambrose about how to enter the Funhouse?

4. What does Magda ask Ambrose about concerning his foot, and what is his reply?

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

6. What does the narrator say is the function of the beginning of a story?

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

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

9. Who does Ambrose think will overhear him telling stories while lost in the Funhouse?

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

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