Peter Pan

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is Peter’s major character flaw, according to the novel’s narrator?

A) Combativeness

B) Cockiness

C) Disinterest

D) Playfulness

2. Why does Peter Pan take Wendy to Neverland?

A) To be a mother to the lost boys

B) To be a friend to Tinker Bell

C) To be a teacher

D) To tell stories

3. Which of the following best describes Peter’s character?

A) Careful

B) Forgetful

C) Carefree

D) Vindictive

4. In what way does Peter display a sense of honor?

A) He gets food from birds.

B) He believes in a fair fight.

C) He takes children to Neverland.

D) He provides for the lost boys.

5. What best describes how the girls in the novel feel about Peter?

A) They think he is careless.

B) They see him as an obstacle.

C) They are attached to him.

D) They perceive him as competition.

6. What characteristic is Wendy able to contribute to the lost boys that Peter is not?

A) Good sense

B) Whimsy

C) Protection

D) Escapism

7. What is the most likely reason Peter disapproves of the boys talking about their mothers?

A) It makes the Lost Boys sad.

B) Peter will never experience having a mother for himself.

C) He does not think mothers are important.

D) Peter does not believe mothers care for children.

8. Based on the characters in the novel, what might the reader infer about Barrie’s perspective on people?