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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. What promise does Peter Pan make to Wendy to encourage her to get well quickly?

2. Who, besides Peter Pan, wants to know what happened in the story of Cinderella?

3. As the story opens, what is Michael objecting to?

4. What do the boys do when they hear Tinkerbell's instructions regarding Wendy?

5. Peter Pan explains that there are no girls in Neverland. Why does he say that is the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. When it seems that Peter Pan is about to leave, what action does Wendy take? Does it have the desired effect?

2. What does Mrs. Darling have hidden away in a dresser drawer? Where did she get it? Why does it cause her worry?

3. What attitude about girls does Peter Pan reveal? Why might this be the case? What does he give as an example?

4. Why do the boys mistake Wendy for a bird? Why does someone insist that they have heard of a "Wendy bird?"

5. What do Wendy, Michael and John think of the planned trip to Neverland? Do you believe they are prepared for the reality or are they simply seeking the adventure?

6. What does Nana do after she is tied outside for awhile? How do the children react?

7. Why does Mrs. Darling believe Peter Pan continues to return to the nursery window? Why does she believe this?

8. Why does Wendy get shot?

9. What is it that saves Wendy from being killed by the arrow? What is significant about this?

10. What does Peter Pan reveal about his reason for visiting Wendy so often? What does he say is his favorite story? What does this choice say about Peter Pan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Wendy's commitment to "play house" with the Lost Boys to Peter Pan's commitment. What separates the two? What is Wendy's reaction to her understanding of Peter Pan's level of commitment? Compare that to Peter Pan's reaction to the situation.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the medicine that prompts the argument in the nursery? Compare that to the second time medicine becomes important in the story. What is the significance of the fact that Peter Pan takes time to take the medicine Wendy left for him?

Essay Topic 3

What is Tinkerbell's relationship to Peter Pan? Is Tinkerbell's level of devotion greater or lesser than Peter Pan's level of devotion to her? Give examples to support this claim.

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