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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 does Peter Pan say would be a very big adventure?
(a) Flying on the tail of a kite
(b) Sailing in a bird's nest
(c) Dying
(d) Fighting a crocodile

2. What rock are Wendy and Peter Pan sitting on right after seeing the mermaid?
(a) Marooner's Rock
(b) Captain Hook's Rock
(c) Mariner's Rock
(d) Moon Rock

3. What disguise does Peter Pan don as he prepares to fight Captain Hook?
(a) Feathers
(b) Wendy's cloak
(c) A pirate's hat
(d) None, he simply hides

4. What "rule" does Wendy enforce regarding Peter Pan's chair?
(a) That they must take turns sitting in Peter's chair
(b) That only she can sit in Peter Pan's chair when he is not at home
(c) That Peter's chair is broken
(d) That no one sits in the father's chair when he is not at home

5. What is Wendy's reaction to Smee's comment about mothers?
(a) She yells at him.
(b) She offers to be his mother as well.
(c) She gasps.
(d) She laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Smee and a second pirate have someone with them as they approach the shore where Peter Pan, Wendy and the boys had seen the mermaid. Who do they have?

2. What does Smee say about a "mother"?

3. What happens each time Hook sends a pirate into his quarters as the showdown with Peter Pan draws near?

4. What does Wendy leave for Peter Pan as she is preparing to return to her own home?

5. Who does Wendy say tied up Nana as she tells the little boys a story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What noise does Peter Pan make to confuse Captain Hook just before he rescues the children? What is Captain Hook's reaction to the sound? What are the boys' reaction?

2. What action does Peter Pan take upon learning that Wendy and the boys have been kidnapped?

3. Following the pirate attack, the Lost Boys talk of how frightened they are without Peter. What does this say about the relationship between Peter and the boys? Is this a fulfilling relationship on all sides?

4. What is John's reaction to Peter's arrival with the imaginary tigers he captured? What conflict could be brewing between John and Peter and why?

5. What does Hook plan to do with the children? What does he say about other children at this time of night?

6. Describe the lengths to which Wendy takes her role as mother to the lost boys.

7. How is Tinkerbell saved?

8. What does Tinkerbell do in order to save Peter Pan? What does this say about her devotion to Peter Pan?

9. How does Peter arm the Lost Boys? How does he hide on deck?

10. Compare Peter Pan's commitment to the life he has chosen in Neverland to that of the boys. Compare Peter Pan's commitment to this life to that of his role as "father" of the boys.

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