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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 the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?
(a) The middle should start when the main character gets lost
(b) All the relevant facts between going into the house and getting lost
(c) The narrator thinks there should be no set beginning, middle and end in a story
(d) He does not say what should be in the middle

2. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?
(a) With a candle
(b) With a lit match
(c) With a pocket flashlight
(d) The walk lights leak through the spaces between the boards

3. What does Ambrose imagine about his work when he is an adult?
(a) It will be something only super intelligent people can do
(b) It will help to save the world
(c) He will be very famous in his line of work
(d) It will be work that will impress Magda

4. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?
(a) He does not know how he feels about Uncle Karl
(b) He has no feelings towards Uncle Karl
(c) He despises Uncle Karl
(d) He really likes him

5. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?
(a) Blew the roof off the arcade
(b) Tore up a section of the boardwalk
(c) Cut an inlet from the ocean to Assawoman Bay
(d) Broke the fishing pier in half

Short Answer Questions

1. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?

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 decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?

4. Why does Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?

5. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?

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