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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 happens each time Hook sends a pirate into his quarters as the showdown with Peter Pan draws near?
2. What last instruction does Wendy offer the boys as they face the pirates?
3. What option does Hook offer two of the boys?
4. What does Wendy say would happen to the Lost Boys if they go home with her?
5. What does Peter Pan do when Wendy and the others have left?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What magical creature does Peter Pan attempt to catch for Wendy? What does he say about capturing this creature? Why do you believe he offers that information?
3. How does Captain Hook react when he realizes that he cannot beat Peter Pan at a sword fight?
4. What noise does Peter Pan make upon killing the first pirate who enters Captain Hook's quarters? What does Captain Hook then call him?
5. What happens to memories of parents once a child reaches Neverland? What sparks memories in Wendy, John and Michael?
6. What plan do Smee and Captain Hook concoct as a way to get even with Peter Pan? What is the two-fold reason for this plan? What is Wendy's reaction?
7. 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?
8. How does Peter arm the Lost Boys? How does he hide on deck?
9. How is Tinkerbell saved?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Neverland and its inhabitants.
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
How does Peter Pan say fairies are born and die? How is Tinkerbell's life put in danger? What is the result of that situation? Why does the audience become involved in the story?
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