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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Barrie enroll at Edinburgh University?
(a) He had always wanted to go to school here.
(b) His parents wanted him to follow the plan created for David.
(c) He received a full scholarship.
(d) His parents felt that going to university would be good for him.

3. To where was the reverend transferred?
(a) Wales.
(b) Remote regions of Westmorland.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) The ghettos of London.

4. Barrie began to tell Frohman about the play, which he had renamed what?
(a) The Great White Father.
(b) The Great White.
(c) The Great White Way.
(d) The Great.

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

6. The search for a country home had to finally yielded fruit for Mary. Mary had found a house in Surrey, known as ___________ Cottage.
(a) Green Lake.
(b) Blue Lake.
(c) Glass Lake.
(d) Black Lake.

7. 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.

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

9. Did Barrie say he thought the play would be successful?
(a) No, he saw it as a dream child.
(b) No, he saw it as a waste of time.
(c) Yes, it would be an instant hit.
(d) Yes, but not for a long time.

10. Barrie decided to write about his mother's existence in the novel, ____________.
(a) My Margaret.
(b) Margaret Ogilvy.
(c) My Mother, My Life.
(d) Mother.

11. James' school friend, Stuart Gordon, adopted the name "Dare Devil Dick" and Barrie was ____________.
(a) "Jack the Phantom."
(b) "Cowboy Jack."
(c) "Captain Jolly Jack."
(d) "Sixteen String Jack."

12. What did George think of the appearance of Wendy?
(a) He was not thrilled.
(b) He was unsure.
(c) He was thrilled.
(d) He did not care.

13. How did Frohman take on the play?
(a) After reading through the play.
(b) After much deliberation.
(c) Sight unseen.
(d) After a workshop performance of the play.

14. Which child was the apple of Margaret's eye?
(a) James.
(b) Jane Ann.
(c) David.
(d) Maggie.

15. What was the only argument between Frohman and James?
(a) Frohman wanted him to be a playwright and he wanted to be a novelist.
(b) Frohman wanted him to be a playwright and he wanted to be an actor.
(c) Frohman wanted him to be a novelist and he wanted to be a playwright.
(d) Frohman wanted him to be an actor and he wanted to be a playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the driving force in the Barrie family?

2. What seemed to intrigue Barrie the most while at school?

3. When did the play debut?

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

5. What did David Barrie bring into the life of young James?

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