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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 notice about the people going into the funhouse?
(a) They are all adults
(b) They are all couples
(c) They are all young children
(d) They all hold hands

2. How does Peter get into the swimming pool?
(a) He goes down the ladder
(b) He lies down at the side and rolls into the water
(c) He cannonballs into the pool
(d) He makes a swan dive

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

4. What does Ambrose’s father come up with for Magda and Ambrose’s mother?
(a) Coca-colas
(b) Sunglasses
(c) Straw hats
(d) Carmel popcorn

5. What does the narrator say is irrelevant in a story about a fun house?
(a) Details about a drive to the fun house
(b) Where the fun house is located
(c) How much it costs to enter the fun house
(d) How long it takes standing in line at the fun house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?

2. From what point of view does Ambrose narrate the story of his life to himself?

3. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?

4. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?

5. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?

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