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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. How many fish are in the pool surrounding the chest?

2. Who knocks out Peter?

3. What will the savages do with their prisoners?

4. What does Leonard say will happen to Peter now that the Starstuff has changed him?

5. What is wrong with the blonde mermaid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stache insist on following the flying crocodile?

2. What does Peter see when he finally finds Ted?

3. What does Black Stache order at the crossroads?

4. How does Slank know so much about the Starstuff?

5. What happened when Starstuff leaked on a lizard?

6. What makes the savage leader start to believe Alf's story?

7. How does Molly feel when she hears about Peter's connection with the mermaids?

8. What is happening in the Lagoon to the fish near the chest?

9. What causes Stache to be nice to the pirate who says he is afraid when seeing the flying people?

10. What does Peter build his new home out of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

How does Peter make his important decision at the end of the book, and what does this indicate about his personality?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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