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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 does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?
2. What nickname does Magda use for Ambrose?
3. What is Magda doing while she leans forward in her seat after spotting the Towers?
4. What does the narrator say about Ambrose’s father’s physical looks?
5. To what does the narrator compare winding parts of the funhouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Magda win the traditional game in the car, and what does Ambrose’s mother say about her win?
2. Who does Ambrose see in the Funhouse when he is wandering and what is that person doing?
3. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about getting through the Funhouse?
4. What does Uncle Karl say will change the holiday for the family this year and why has this occured?
5. Why does the family stay out of the ocean, and what do they do instead of swimming in the ocean?
6. What does Ambrose decide is the whole point of being in Ocean City, and how does he see Ocean City when he figures this out?
7. What is the truth about Magda’s question that Ambrose does not tell her?
8. What does Ambrose think he sees when he steps into the mirror room in the Funhouse?
9. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to the Boardwalk?
10. How does Ambrose feel about Magda and what is he afraid to do about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
During the car ride Ambrose remembers a time when, three years previously, Peter, Magda and himself played Niggers and Masters.
Discuss how the game relates to the era and place in which this story takes place. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
While lost in the funhouse, Ambrose wanders into some dark places and sees gears and levers and an old man who seems to be manipulating them. Compare Ambrose’s wandering through the funhouse to the normal confusion Ambrose feels as an adolescent who is not quite a child but not quite an adult.
Essay Topic 3
Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Which secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.
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