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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. Who witnesses Molly talking to animals?

2. Who is guarding the chest?

3. What does Smee hoist before nearing the Neverland?

4. How are the boys taken to the ship at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Slank do after Peter hurts him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molly see everything that is going on at the island?

2. What does Peter do that makes Hungry Bob laugh?

3. What happens around the trunk when it washes up after the storm?

4. What shows Peter that he cannot rely on the captain for any help?

5. What is Molly unable to communicate to those taking a message to her father?

6. Why does James go missing?

7. How does Molly send a message to her father?

8. How does Black Stache make his ship faster, and why?

9. What is Black Stache's plan to take over the Neverland?

10. What helps most of the orphans to sleep well for the first time since coming on the ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why might Dave Barry have allowed Black Stache to live at the end of the book? What kind of message does this send and do you think he should have been killed? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

What is Slank's secret identity, and how does this affect the outcome of the book? Why does Slank feel he must keep this a secret, and what does this say about the nature of the other people on the ship?

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