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

2. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?
(a) Ambrose thinks funhouses are false
(b) Ambrose thinks funhouses are stupid
(c) Ambrose feels fear and confused about the funhouse
(d) Ambrose thinks they are funny

3. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?
(a) His father is thinking about taking his mother also
(b) His father does not want Ambrose going without Peter
(c) His father thought it was humorous
(d) His father wonders if Ambrose knows what goes on in a funhouse

4. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?
(a) Choosing a mount
(b) Not getting a horse near Magda
(c) Coming up with the ticket price
(d) Not falling off

5. Why might an author in fiction delete a name and use a blank for it?
(a) The author does not want to get sued
(b) The editors prefer to decide on characters’ names
(c) It makes the fiction look real
(d) The author cannot decide on a good name for a character

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

2. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?

3. What will Ambrose tell his son when his son becomes thirteen years old?

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

5. What does the narrator say the climax of this story must be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ambrose’s mother give the three teenagers when they reach the boardwalk, and what does she say to them and why?

3. What does Ambrose do because he is so nervous about going in the Funhouse with Magda and what does the ticket woman say to Magda?

4. What kind of machines in the arcade are broken, and why are they sitting there broken?

5. Why are the prizes different on the broken machines at the arcade?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does Ambrose feel after what he sees at the boardwalk, and what does he want to do? What comment does Magda make about Ambrose’s condition?

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