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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 story does Wendy tell the boys as they prepare for bedtime?

2. What final action does Captain Hook take upon knowing that he has been beaten?

3. What is Smee using for transportation when he approaches the shore where Peter Pan, Wendy and the boys had been standing?

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

5. What is the mermaid doing when Wendy first sees her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter say when Hook asks who he is? What does he mean by this?

2. Why did Captain Hook put poison in the glass of water in Peter Pan's house? What does this say about Captain Hook's character?

3. What does Peter Pan say would be an incredible adventure? What is important about that statement?

4. What does Peter Pan say about his mother? How does Peter Pan explain what he saw when he returned to the home he remembered?

5. 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?

6. What happens to memories of parents once a child reaches Neverland? What sparks memories in Wendy, John and Michael?

7. Does Peter Pan seem to realize the level of Tinkerbell's devotion after she drinks the poison? Why or why not?

8. How does Captain Hook react when he realizes that he cannot beat Peter Pan at a sword fight?

9. 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?

10. What does Smee say about mothers? What is Wendy's reaction? Why does Wendy respond in this manner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Peter Pan's shadow? What happens when he finds it? How and why is the situation resolved?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the ongoing conflict in this story regarding gender.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Captain Hook's greatest fear and why that fear has consumed him. Contrast his attitudes with those of a typical villain.

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