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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 Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?
(a) A few derelict amusements
(b) A sign that talks of his famous writings that began in the funhouse
(c) A monument to his suffering in the funhouse
(d) He imagines seeing the operator’s daughter for the first time

2. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?
(a) He really likes him
(b) He has no feelings towards Uncle Karl
(c) He does not know how he feels about Uncle Karl
(d) He despises Uncle Karl

3. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?
(a) On the door’s armrest
(b) On her lap
(c) On the seat near Ambrose’s left leg
(d) On the back of the front passenger seat

4. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?
(a) Set her up to scare people in the funhouse
(b) Modify her in certain ways
(c) Use her as a guard on the bedroom door
(d) Make her look like a gypsy fortune teller

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?

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

3. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?

4. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?

5. What does the narrator say funhouses need at intervals?

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. 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 happens to Ambrose’s father the first day, and what does his father have to do about it?

4. What are Peter and Magda doing while Ambrose is in the Funhouse?

5. How does Ambrose feel about Magda and what is he afraid to do about it?

6. What was often done in 19th Century fiction to make a work appear real?

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

8. What does the Gypsy Fortune Teller machine look like?

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

10. What is the truth about Magda’s question that Ambrose does not tell her?

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