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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost in the Funhouse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peter insist they stand by the funhouse?
(a) In case someone gives them tickets
(b) So they can hear the laughing
(c) So their parents can find them
(d) So he can watch the girls’ skirts blow up

2. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?
(a) Imported direct to Florida
(b) Inspected by ____
(c) Made in Cuba
(d) Best of the best

3. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?
(a) Ambrose thinks they are funny
(b) Ambrose thinks funhouses are false
(c) Ambrose feels fear and confused about the funhouse
(d) Ambrose thinks funhouses are stupid

4. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?
(a) He does not have any idea what he would rather do
(b) He’d rather be among the lovers for whom they are designed
(c) He’d rather write stories about being lost in the funhouse
(d) He’d even rather be a boy scout leader

5. For what does Ambrose think there should be a button?
(a) For ending one’s life quickly and painlessly
(b) For turning on all the lights in the funhouse at one time
(c) For calling the funhouse attendant
(d) A button that would let his father know where Ambrose is located

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Ambrose’s father’s physical looks?

2. What does Ambrose’s father do for a living?

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

4. Ambrose thinks everything one sees in Ocean City is preparation and intermission for what?

5. How many times a year does Ambrose’s family come to Ocean City?

(see the answer key)

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