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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After seeing "Bandalero the Bandit", the clergyman denounced the play in a local newspaper, referring to it as grossly immoral. How did Barrie feel about this?
(a) Angry.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Embarassed.

2. At age 18, Barrie left Dumfries Academy. What did he want to do?
(a) Move to America.
(b) Return to Kirriemuir and become a writer.
(c) Go to university.
(d) Travel the world.

3. What relationship helped James to gain much-needed self-confidence?
(a) The relationship with his sister Sara.
(b) The relationship with his older brother.
(c) The relationship with his younger sister Maggie.
(d) The relationship with his sister Jane Ann.

4. When did the play debut?
(a) December 22, 1904.
(b) November 22, 1904.
(c) October 22, 1904.
(d) September 22, 1904.

5. Did Barri spend much time with Sylvia and the boys in the summer of 1908?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, he did not want to.
(c) No, he was unable.
(d) No, Mary would not let him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ansell would soon find that Barrie desperately lacked what?

2. At age 17, how tall was Barrie?

3. The Davies family had settled in comfortably to their new country home, __________ House.

4. Things changed for Barrie when in 1892, he met _______________, an actress who operated her own touring company.

5. Arthur had to spend time recuperating _____________ after the surgery.

(see the answer key)

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