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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ambrose know he will teach his son?
(a) How to ignore the adolescent hormones
(b) How to fish and softcrab
(c) How to pick up girls
(d) How to walk next to a girl

3. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?
(a) He’d rather write stories about being lost in the funhouse
(b) He’d rather be among the lovers for whom they are designed
(c) He does not have any idea what he would rather do
(d) He’d even rather be a boy scout leader

4. On what does the lady on the cigar box sit?
(a) In the sand on the beach
(b) On a marble bench
(c) On a bed
(d) On an armchair

5. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?
(a) His youthful passions
(b) How he could not have won a Nobel prize without her
(c) How he has been a success
(d) How his wife is the real force behind his work

6. Who does the narrator say Peter resembles?
(a) His maternal grandfather
(b) His Uncle Karl
(c) His mother
(d) His father

7. What does Ambrose wonder after he dozes off when he tries to find the old man?
(a) He wonders how he could have left the room where he saw the man
(b) He wonders if maybe he never entered the funhouse and this is just a dream
(c) He wonders if he imagined the man
(d) He wonders if his mother is worried

8. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?
(a) Go to the municipal pool
(b) Sunbath and then rinse off in the outdoor showers
(c) They are going to swim in the ocean
(d) Walk along the beach and look for shells

9. On what street does Magda live?
(a) P Street
(b) L Street
(c) B Street
(d) M Street

10. How does Ambrose end up with a sore toe in the funhouse?
(a) Peter accidentally kicks him
(b) He stubs it on the wall
(c) Magda jumps on it
(d) A sailor and his girlfriend steps on the toe

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

12. What does Ambrose decide to do when he hears people in the corridor when he is lost?
(a) Travel towards their voices
(b) Yell for help
(c) Ignore them
(d) Bang on the wall

13. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?
(a) Aunt Polly
(b) Fat May
(c) Crazy Lucy
(d) Princess Laurel

14. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?
(a) Throws it out the window
(b) Hands it to his wife
(c) Gives to Uncle Karl
(d) Puts it out in the ashtray

15. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?
(a) Kisses her on the forehead
(b) Slaps her on the backside
(c) Pinches her backside
(d) Pushes his hand under her blouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?

2. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?

3. Ambrose thinks everything one sees in Ocean City is preparation and intermission for what?

4. For what does Ambrose think there should be a button?

5. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?

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