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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Is a masonry contractor
(b) Works in a munitions factory
(c) Has a plumbing business
(d) Is a school teacher

2. What does Ambrose fear is the difference between himself and others?
(a) He is socially incompetent
(b) He is insane
(c) He will never become a man
(d) He is not smart

3. What does Ambrose wish for at the end of the story?
(a) That he was already an adult
(b) That the funhouse had never been built
(c) That he had never entered the funhouse and that he was dead
(d) That Magda was with him

4. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?
(a) Do the boys think he is strange
(b) Will he ever become a regular person
(c) Will he ever enjoy scouting
(d) Will he quit the troop when they go home

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?

2. What does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

3. On what street does Magda live?

4. How old is Peter?

5. Where does the family always stop for lunch on the way to Ocean City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ambrose see in his imagination about married life?

2. What does Ambrose imagine about his son and what he might say to the boy?

3. Who does Ambrose see in the Funhouse when he is wandering and what is that person doing?

4. What is Ambrose thinking about asking Magda when they are at the pool, and what does he decide?

5. Who is in the car with Ambrose driving to Ocean City?

6. What church does Ambrose’s family belong to, and why is Ambrose different from most other children in the church? Why did it happen?

7. In which section of the Funhouse does Ambrose take Magda’s arm, and why does he take her arm?

8. What has Ambrose realized about winning the traditional game, and at what age does he understand this tactic?

9. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about getting through the Funhouse?

10. How are the teenagers able to get into the Funhouse?

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