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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 hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?
(a) A tapestry
(b) A chain and pulley
(c) A panel of toggle switches
(d) A war poster

2. What does Ambrose think about being himself?
(a) He would rather be Peter
(b) There are other people inside him
(c) He does not know himself so he cannot be it
(d) He is too much like his father

3. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?
(a) His father wonders if Ambrose knows what goes on in a funhouse
(b) His father does not want Ambrose going without Peter
(c) His father thought it was humorous
(d) His father is thinking about taking his mother also

4. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?
(a) To gamble
(b) To visit his grandparents
(c) On vacation
(d) There is a death in the family

5. What does Peter say is the reason Uncle Karl wants to go to the beach?
(a) He likes to surf fish
(b) He likes to body surf
(c) He likes to watch the women
(d) He likes to get a good tan

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?

3. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

4. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?

5. What scares Ambrose about playing the game Niggers and Masters with Magda without Peter?

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