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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

2. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?

3. What does the operator’s daughter drop on the page on which she is writing in response to Ambrose’s suffering?

4. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?

5. What does the narrator say about Magda’s physical figure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about getting through the Funhouse?

2. What gives Ambrose hope that he will find the exit to the Funhouse?

3. How does Ambrose feel about Magda and what is he afraid to do about it?

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

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

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

7. What does Ambrose see in his imagination about married life?

8. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to the Boardwalk?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambrose is in love with Magda, but is reluctant to make his feelings known.

Discuss at least three situations in Lost in the Funhouse that is directly affected by, or is the result of, Ambrose believing he is in love with Magda and how his feelings relate to those situations. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Ambrose declares that a person thinks he is himself but there are other people within everyone. Discuss what you think Ambrose means by this statement. Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One of the key elements in any funhouse is the hall of mirrors where visitors see images of themselves in strange and unfamiliar shapes.

Discuss the ways in which Ambrose becomes even more aware of himself when he is in the mirror room of the funhouse. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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