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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 go under the boardwalk?
(a) To look for match books
(b) To see if anyone is under there making out
(c) To steal a kiss from Magda
(d) To look for shells

2. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?
(a) His words are what makes him precious to her
(b) He has a poor understanding of grammar
(c) He talks too much about himself
(d) He does not talk enough

3. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?
(a) In Canada
(b) In America
(c) In England
(d) In Australia

4. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?
(a) Frown
(b) Listen carefully to what it is saying
(c) Laugh
(d) Stop and stare

5. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) One and a half dollars
(c) One dollar
(d) Two dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?

2. Where does the worst of the sun come into the car?

3. What is the usual reward for the first person to see the towers?

4. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?

5. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ambrose think he sees when he steps into the mirror room in the Funhouse?

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

3. Who does Ambrose see in the Funhouse when he is wandering and what is that person doing?

4. Who does Ambrose think will overhear him telling stories while lost in the Funhouse?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator say is the reason a writer should stick with using the Freitag’s Triangle?

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