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

2. What does the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?
(a) The narrator thinks there should be no set beginning, middle and end in a story
(b) He does not say what should be in the middle
(c) The middle should start when the main character gets lost
(d) All the relevant facts between going into the house and getting lost

3. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?
(a) To visit his grandparents
(b) To gamble
(c) On vacation
(d) There is a death in the family

4. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?
(a) How he has been a success
(b) How he could not have won a Nobel prize without her
(c) His youthful passions
(d) How his wife is the real force behind his work

5. What do the children decide to do instead of enter the funhouse?
(a) Ride the merry-go-round
(b) Eat some junk food
(c) Go swimming again
(d) Go to the movies

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree leaves does Ambrose remember from his younger days?

2. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?

3. What does Ambrose’s father come up with for Magda and Ambrose’s mother?

4. What does Ambrose think about being himself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Peter do when everyone falls to the floor, and how does Magda react to Peter’s behavior?

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

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

6. Who is in the car with Ambrose driving to Ocean City?

7. How do the people in the car pass the time during the trip?

8. What is Ambrose thinking about asking Magda when they are at the pool, and what does he decide?

9. When thoroughly lost, what does Ambrose imagine happens to him in the Funhouse?

10. What advertises the funhouse that the family stares at, and what does Peter suggests when they are looking at it? What does Ambrose suggest?

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