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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 is the mermaid doing when Wendy first sees her?
(a) Swimming
(b) Singing
(c) Combing her hair
(d) Sleeping

2. What sound does Peter Pan make each time a pirate enters the captain's cabin?
(a) A laugh
(b) A war whoop
(c) A crowing
(d) A scream

3. How does Captain Hook attempt to poison Peter Pan?
(a) By pouring poison into Peter's medicine
(b) By putting poison on Peter's fork and plate
(c) By pouring poison on Peter's dagger
(d) By pouring poison into Peter's mouth

4. What happens to Wendy and the boys as they leave the underground home?
(a) They are chased by a crocodile.
(b) They find they are lonely for Peter Pan.
(c) They are captured by Captain Hook.
(d) They are captured by the Indians.

5. As children react to Peter's call, what happens to Tinkerbell?
(a) Her light brightens.
(b) Her light turns blue.
(c) Her light dims.
(d) Her light turns green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "rule" does Wendy enforce regarding Peter Pan's chair?

2. What last instruction does Wendy offer the boys as they face the pirates?

3. What do the little boys say they want to do after Peter Pan returns to their home?

4. What does Peter Pan tell Wendy about their relationship just before she leaves the underground home?

5. What, according to Peter Pan, is the specific purpose for the rock on which he and Wendy are sitting immediately after sighting the mermaid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tinkerbell saved?

2. Compare the role Wendy accepts to the role Peter Pan seems to want for himself. What is it about the situation that leaves both feeling that the other is not living up to expectations? What are their reactions?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What noise does Peter Pan make upon killing the first pirate who enters Captain Hook's quarters? What does Captain Hook then call him?

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

10. 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?

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