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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. Barrie had a meeting with ______________ regarding the play.
(a) Arthur Davies.
(b) Charles Frohman.
(c) George Meredith.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

2. In this book is the perhaps the first appearance of ______________, who was then known as Captain Swarthy.
(a) Smee.
(b) The crocodile.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Captain Hook.

3. The only thing that could dampen Barrie's spirit was what?
(a) Politics.
(b) His health.
(c) The weather.
(d) Death.

4. At age 17, how tall was Barrie?
(a) Five feet ten inches.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Five feet eight inches.
(d) Five feet.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1882, Barrie returned to Kirriemuir with his _______ degree.

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

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

4. After _________ long years of courtship, the couple married.

5. As fond of the Llewelyn Davies family as Barrie was, he was disappointed when who did not form a friendship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the engagement between Arthur and Sylvia surprising?

2. How was the meeting of the Davies and Barrie chronicled in "Peter Pan?"

3. Describe the first meeting of Arthur and Sylvia.

4. How was the summer of Michael's first birthday important?

5. Describe the reviews of the play's debut.

6. What did Mary Ansell soon learn about Barrie? How did this affect her?

7. Where did Mary and James find a country home?

8. Describe Margaret's childhood. How did her childhood affect James?

9. What is Barrie's belief about children and is one of the first references to "Peter Pan?"

10. How was Margaret important to Barrie's work?

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