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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was James' favorite comic series?
(a) Penny Dreadfuls.
(b) Ally Sloper's Half Holiday.
(c) Max and Moritz.
(d) The Yellow Kid.

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

3. What was one of the few things that seemed to console Margaret after David's death?
(a) He had not suffered.
(b) He would remain a boy forever.
(c) He was in heaven.
(d) He was watching over them.

4. Where did Barrie meet Sylvia Llewellyn Davies?
(a) A New Year's Eve dinner party.
(b) A birthday dinner party.
(c) An Easter dinner party.
(d) A Christmas dinner party.

5. Who helped Barrie get his first literary job?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Jane Ann.
(c) Sarah.
(d) David.

6. Barrie named the book "The Boy Castaways of _________________ Island."
(a) Glass Lake.
(b) Black Lake.
(c) Blue Lake.
(d) Green Lake.

7. Arthur Llewelyn Davies was one of _________ sons.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. It was obvious that Barrie was much more at home with ______________.
(a) Men than women.
(b) Children than adults.
(c) Adults than children.
(d) Women than men.

9. With what did Barrie have some bargaining power?
(a) A play he had published titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(b) A play he had purchased titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(c) A play he had written earlier titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(d) A play he had produced titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."

10. What does James say about his five years at Dumfries Academy?
(a) They were the most boring of his life.
(b) They were very lonely.
(c) They were the happiest years in his life.
(d) They were the most difficult of his life.

11. As fond of the Llewelyn Davies family as Barrie was, he was disappointed when who did not form a friendship?
(a) The Davies boys and Mary.
(b) Arthur and Barrie.
(c) Mary and Sylvia.
(d) Arthur and Sylvia.

12. The births of the Llewelyn Davies boys are chronicled. George was born in 1893; Jack in 1894; Peter in 1897; Michael 1900; and _________ in 1903.
(a) Neil.
(b) Northrop.
(c) Nico.
(d) Nathan.

13. What was the working title of the play?
(a) Peter Pan and Wendy Darling.
(b) Peter Pan and Wendy.
(c) Peter and Wendy.
(d) Peter and Wendy Darling.

14. What did David Barrie bring into the life of young James?
(a) Theater.
(b) Music.
(c) Literature.
(d) Dance.

15. Why did Barrie call Sylvia this name?
(a) It is his favorite name.
(b) He thought this was her name.
(c) It is her middle name.
(d) He did not like the name Sylvia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barrie was the ____________ child to David Barrie and Margaret Ogilvy.

2. During the summer of Michael's ________ birthday, the Davies family rented a cottage at Tilford, which was a five-minute walk from their cottage.

3. In this book is the perhaps the first appearance of ______________, who was then known as Captain Swarthy.

4. At age 17, how tall was Barrie?

5. 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?

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