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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. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?
(a) It is more interesting
(b) It is a sign of the deterioration of American life
(c) It is more difficult
(d) It is easier

2. What does Ambrose’s father find out from the Coast Guardsman?
(a) The water is full of jelly fish
(b) The waters are clear of sharks
(c) The water is spoiled with crude oil
(d) There are no enemy boats off shore

3. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?
(a) To gamble
(b) On vacation
(c) There is a death in the family
(d) To visit his grandparents

4. How does Ambrose end up with a sore toe in the funhouse?
(a) He stubs it on the wall
(b) A sailor and his girlfriend steps on the toe
(c) Peter accidentally kicks him
(d) Magda jumps on it

5. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?
(a) 1937 Ford Cabriolet
(b) 1938 Ford station wagon
(c) 1936 LaSalle sedan
(d) 1940 Plymouth Valiant

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?

2. What does the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?

3. What does the narrator say is irrelevant in a story about a fun house?

4. What does Ambrose know he will teach his son?

5. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?

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