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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child was the apple of Margaret's eye?

2. At age 18, Barrie left Dumfries Academy. What did he want to do?

3. What was the working title of the play?

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

5. What was James' favorite comic series?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Barrie think of hard work?

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

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

5. How did the theater influence Barrie early on?

6. Why is Peter Llewellyn Davies' death significant?

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

8. How did David Barrie influence James?

9. Why might the Davies brothers begin to hate their association with Peter Pan?

10. How was James' experience at Dumfries Academy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barrie was inspired by children.

Part 1) Describe Barrie's interest in children. Why does he like children so much? How does his past influence this?

Part 2) How are these children important to his life and work? How is Barrie also important to these children? How does his relationship with children affect his relationships with adults?

Part 3) What are your feelings about children? Why? Who inspires you? Why? How do these people compare to Barrie's inspirations?

Essay Topic 2

Barrie grows close to the Davies children.

Part 1) Describe their relationship. How does he grow close to them? Why does he grow close to them? Do they grow close to him as well? Why or why not? How are these children different than other children he has met?

Part 2) How and why does Barrie grow close to their mother, Sylvia, as well? How does this closeness to the mother and children affect Arthur, the father? Why is he affected in this way?

Part 3) How different would James' life have been if he had never met the Davies? What people in your own life have had a significant impact on you? Why? How?

Essay Topic 3

Michael is the subject of much of the epilogue.

Part 1) Who is Michael? Why is he important in Barrie's life? Why is he the main subject of the epilogue? Was he more important than others in Barrie's life? Why or why not?

Part 2) What else is included in the epilogue? Why? How does this help to bring the book to a conclusion? Is this a good way to end the book? Why or why not?

Part 3) What can you, as the reader, take away from this book? What can be learned from Barrie's life and work?

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