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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ambrose feel during Magda enacting her punishment?

2. What is the usual reward for the first person to see the towers?

3. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?

4. What does Ambrose decide to do when he hears people in the corridor when he is lost?

5. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uncle Karl and Peter.

2. Why do the teenagers return to the Funhouse when their money runs out?

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

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

5. What does Ambrose’s mother give the three teenagers when they reach the boardwalk, and what does she say to them and why?

6. What does Ambrose remember about playing the game 'Niggers and Masters' with Peter and Magda when they were younger?

7. What is the truth about Magda’s question that Ambrose does not tell her?

8. Why does the family stay out of the ocean, and what do they do instead of swimming in the ocean?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambrose and his narrator alter ego are both marked by their exceptionally keen awareness of self.

Discuss the ways in which Ambrose demonstrates an awareness of himself. Questions to consider might be: How does he perceive himself? How does he see himself in relationship to others? How does he think others see him? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

One of the key elements in any funhouse is the hall of mirrors where visitors see images of themselves in strange and unfamiliar shapes.

Discuss the ways in which Ambrose becomes even more aware of himself when he is in the mirror room of the funhouse. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Trace and analyze the theme of consciousness in Lost in the Funhouse. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to be aware of themselves and conscious of how they relate to the world? How is Ambrose’s consciousness shown in the funhouse? How does Ambrose’s consciousness compare to other characters’ consciousness?

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