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

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

3. In 1888, Barrie self published his first novel titled, __________.
(a) "Better Dead."
(b) "Dead or Alive."
(c) "Dead Until Dark."
(d) "Dead in the Family."

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

5. The first draft of the play, "Peter Pan," was finished ____________.
(a) August 1, 1904.
(b) December 1, 1904.
(c) March 1, 1904.
(d) May 1, 1904.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Edinburgh turned out to be the ______________ years of Barrie's life.

3. At age 17, how tall was Barrie?

4. Sylvia had begun to earn money by working for whom?

5. What was The Nottingham Journal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did David Barrie influence James?

5. How was James' experience at Dumfries Academy?

6. How did Arthur feel about Barrie's involvement with his family?

7. Describe the financial situation of the newly-married Davies.

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

9. How did the theater influence Barrie early on?

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

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