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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 his father saying to him about the people on the boardwalk?
(a) Half of them are probably insane
(b) Nothing is what it looks like
(c) They are all here just to have some fun
(d) They are trying to forget the war

2. How old is Peter?
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) It is never said how old Peter is
(d) 16

3. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(b) He is covered in Noxzema
(c) He carries his guitar across his back
(d) He could not sing but tried to anyway

4. What does Ambrose think is happening every minute under the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Fishes are mating
(b) Sharks are swimming with dolphins
(c) Mammals are bearing babies
(d) Millions of animals are eating one another

5. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?
(a) A slow, deep voice
(b) A voice with an English accent
(c) He talks in a falsetto
(d) He talks in his normal voice

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?

3. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a traditional game the family plays when approaching the midway point, and what is the prize for the winner?

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

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

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

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

6. What is Ambrose’s father doing while Ambrose is in the Funhouse?

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

8. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when one is lost, and what is the drawback to that action?

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

10. What happens as the teenagers are entering the Funhouse?

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