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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 the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) He never swears in front of the boys
(b) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors
(c) He has never administered corporal punishment
(d) Disciplines the boys

2. What does the narrator say are the two reasons for not writing a story about being lost in a funhouse?
(a) Everyone has felt what Ambrose feels or no normal person feels such things
(b) Anyone intelligent enough to buy a ticket would not be stupid enough to get lost
(c) It would be a boring story with little action or plot
(d) No one actually goes into funhouses anymore

3. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?
(a) Characterization and Description
(b) Action and dialogue
(c) Exciting parts and boring parts
(d) Dramatization and summarization

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

5. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?
(a) He will go in every funhouse he sees and mark the halls
(b) He will introduce a law banning funhouses
(c) He will stand outside the funhouse and tells others how easy it is to get lost
(d) He will construct funhouses for a living and they will be perfect

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Ambrose’s father’s physical looks?

2. What does Ambrose’s father come up with for Magda and Ambrose’s mother?

3. What does Ambrose realize when he is the first person through the tumble-barrel room?

4. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?

5. What does Ambrose think about being himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Magda win the traditional game in the car, and what does Ambrose’s mother say about her win?

3. What is Ambrose’s father doing while Ambrose is in the Funhouse?

4. How does Ambrose feel after what he sees at the boardwalk, and what does he want to do? What comment does Magda make about Ambrose’s condition?

5. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to the Boardwalk?

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

7. What is a traditional game the family plays when approaching the midway point, and what is the prize for the winner?

8. What was often done in 19th Century fiction to make a work appear real?

9. What gives Ambrose hope that he will find the exit to the Funhouse?

10. What is one reason the narrator says exists for not writing a lost-in-the-fun-house story?

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