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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 think sounds like bees droning?
(a) The old man snoring
(b) An old, black, wall fan
(c) The noise in his head
(d) A noise under the walk where he is standing

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

3. What does the narrator say might happen if Ambrose comes across another lost person in the funhouse?
(a) It would be an older boy who would laugh at Ambrose
(b) They would help and encourage each other
(c) It would be a girl and she would not like him
(d) He does not suggest that

4. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?
(a) They are cracked and taped
(b) They are fogged over
(c) They are missing
(d) Nothing

5. Why did Peter leave the game of Niggers and Masters that he, Ambrose, and Magda were playing?
(a) He was losing
(b) His girlfriend came over
(c) His father wanted him to mow the lawn
(d) He had to deliver newspapers

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?

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

3. Of what are cigar boxes made in the present time in the story?

4. Why does Ambrose keep his hand on the seat behind Magda?

5. What church does Ambrose try to join when he finds out he is not baptized?

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