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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 didn’t Ambrose swim?
(a) He does not want Magda to see his bare chest
(b) He forgot his swimsuit
(c) He has a pain in his stomach
(d) He does not like to swim

2. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?
(a) He wears glasses
(b) He is very tall
(c) He is quite fat
(d) He has red hair

3. Of what are cigar boxes made in the present time in the story?
(a) Plastic
(b) Pasteboard
(c) Cigars are not sold in boxes during the war
(d) Wood

4. What happens to Ambrose’s voice if he becomes excited when talking?
(a) It becomes high-pitched
(b) Nothing
(c) It deepens
(d) It becomes whispery

5. What does Ambrose imagine about his work when he is an adult?
(a) It will help to save the world
(b) He will be very famous in his line of work
(c) It will be something only super intelligent people can do
(d) It will be work that will impress Magda

Short Answer Questions

1. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?

2. What does Uncle Karl say Ambrose’s future family will use to go on vacation?

3. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?

4. Why does Ambrose keep his hand on the seat behind Magda?

5. Where does Ambrose spy a half dollar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say a Freitag’s Triangle is?

3. What does an elderly man say to Ambrose about how to enter the Funhouse?

4. 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?

5. Why does Ambrose think people don’t know what to make of him?

6. Describe Uncle Karl and Peter.

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

8. What does Ambrose remember about playing the game 'Niggers and Masters' with Peter and Magda when they were younger?

9. How does Ambrose know Magda and Peter have exited the Funhouse?

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

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