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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 a man could do with a mannequin?
(a) Make her look like a gypsy fortune teller
(b) Set her up to scare people in the funhouse
(c) Modify her in certain ways
(d) Use her as a guard on the bedroom door

2. What does Uncle Karl keep in the empty cigar box?
(a) Pictures of famous actresses
(b) Chisels
(c) Looses screws and bolts
(d) Poker chips

3. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?
(a) Peter
(b) It is set in the rules of the game
(c) Ambrose
(d) Magda

4. What does Ambrose notice is missing that causes Ambrose to falter when he is lost in a dark area of the funhouse?
(a) Phorescent arrows and other signs
(b) Other people
(c) No windows
(d) No doors

5. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He could not sing but tried to anyway
(b) He carries his guitar across his back
(c) He is covered in Noxzema
(d) He pretends to sing on the street corner

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?

2. To what does the narrator compare winding parts of the funhouse?

3. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?

4. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?

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

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