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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 is on the floor in the hall after the tumble-barrel room?
(a) Water
(b) Spinning discs
(c) Strobe lights
(d) Gooey pink stuff

2. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?
(a) That a kiss will be acceptable payment for spending a quarter on her
(b) That he has never been through the funhouse
(c) That he plans to look up her dress
(d) That Peter will not be with them as Peter has no money

3. What is Magda doing while she leans forward in her seat after spotting the Towers?
(a) Trying to look at the book that Ambrose’s mother is reading
(b) Watching the miles go by on the odometer
(c) Playing cow poker
(d) Resting her head on the back of the front seat so she can nap

4. What does Ambrose imagine doing if he gets out of the funhouse on his own?
(a) Going to the family car and taking a nap
(b) Strolling up behind his family and pretending he’s been out for hours
(c) Sneaking up on Peter and pushing Peter into the pool
(d) Going to the swimming pool

5. On what is the old man Ambrose sees in the funhouse sitting?
(a) A stool
(b) An armchair
(c) He is sitting on the floor
(d) A long, wooden bench

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ambrose’s imagination, what does Uncle Karl tease Ambrose about on the drive home from Ocean City?

2. What does the narrator say is an image an author might use when writing a story about Ocean City during World War II?

3. What does Ambrose realize when he is the first person through the tumble-barrel room?

4. What do Peter and Magda do while Ambrose’s father is searching for Ambrose?

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

(see the answer key)

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