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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 Ambrose think sounds like bees droning?
(a) The old man snoring
(b) The noise in his head
(c) An old, black, wall fan
(d) A noise under the walk where he is standing

2. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?
(a) To see if anyone is under there making out
(b) To look for shells
(c) To look for match books
(d) To steal a kiss from Magda

3. With what does Ambrose brush Magda’s skirt?
(a) A hair on his thumb
(b) His forearm
(c) He does not touch Magda’s skirt
(d) His ring finger

4. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Speak very quickly
(b) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead
(c) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice
(d) Speak in as deep a voice as possible

5. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?
(a) The new Sears Roebuck stores
(b) A new casino in Ocean City
(c) U.S. War bonds and stamps
(d) Safety during a blackout

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?

2. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?

3. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?

4. Why does Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?

5. How does Magda peel a banana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Gypsy Fortune Teller machine look like?

2. How does Ambrose know Magda and Peter have exited the Funhouse?

3. What kind of machines in the arcade are broken, and why are they sitting there broken?

4. What does the narrator say a Freitag’s Triangle is?

5. What does the narrator say is the function of the beginning of a story?

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

7. How does Magda react to Ambrose taking her arm, and what does he want to tell her?

8. What advertises the funhouse that the family stares at, and what does Peter suggests when they are looking at it? What does Ambrose suggest?

9. Why doesn’t Ambrose ask the person he sees how to get out of the Funhouse, and what happens when Ambrose realizes he is lost?

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

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