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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 happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?
(a) It was struck by lightning
(b) It had a rattlesnake in it
(c) It ran off the track and sailed over the boardwalk
(d) It came off the track as the riders were boarding it.

2. What did Ambrose say to Magda in the tool shed after she was done with her punishment?
(a) He would never punish her again
(b) Ambrose would never forget that moment
(c) Ambrose asked Magda to marry him
(d) Peter would be so jealous

3. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?
(a) Telling Peter how Magda will look as an adult
(b) Talking about life at college in detail
(c) Describing a trip to the moon
(d) Knowing exactly how it will feel to be married

4. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?
(a) Blew the roof off the arcade
(b) Cut an inlet from the ocean to Assawoman Bay
(c) Tore up a section of the boardwalk
(d) Broke the fishing pier in half

5. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?
(a) Peter tries to drag her into the water
(b) Ambrose splashes water in her face
(c) Uncle Karl pushes her into the pool
(d) A boy she does not know accidentally knocks her into the pool

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?

2. Where does the family always stop for lunch on the way to Ocean City?

3. What does Ambrose fear is the difference between himself and others?

4. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?

5. What does Ambrose imagine people think when years after he is still lost in the funhouse they find his skeleton?

Short Essay Questions

1. In which section of the Funhouse does Ambrose take Magda’s arm, and why does he take her arm?

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

3. What do Peter and Uncle Karl try at the pool, and how does Ambrose’s mother react to their behavior? How is Ambrose involved in the situation?

4. What does Ambrose do after Magda and Peter leave the Funhouse?

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

6. How does Magda react to Ambrose taking her arm, and what does he want to tell her?

7. What does Peter do after giving up on his and his Uncle Karl’s play at the pool?

8. What church does Ambrose’s family belong to, and why is Ambrose different from most other children in the church? Why did it happen?

9. Why does the family stay out of the ocean, and what do they do instead of swimming in the ocean?

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

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