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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 scares Ambrose about playing the game Niggers and Masters with Magda without Peter?

2. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?

3. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?

4. How does the funhouse character in front of the building act?

5. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn’t Ambrose ask the person he sees how to get out of the Funhouse, and what happens when Ambrose realizes he is lost?

5. 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?

6. What does Magda ask Ambrose about concerning his foot, and what is his reply?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace and analyze the theme of consciousness in Lost in the Funhouse. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to be aware of themselves and conscious of how they relate to the world? How is Ambrose’s consciousness shown in the funhouse? How does Ambrose’s consciousness compare to other characters’ consciousness?

Essay Topic 2

During the trip to Ocean City, Ambrose’s family plays car games. A traditional game is being the first to see the Towers. Ambrose, at four, realized how to win this game every time.

Discuss what understanding how to win a game at the age of four says about Ambrose as a person and what this illustrates about his intellect. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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