"First Meeting"

Passage from "Peter Pan"

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?"

"Peter Pan"…

"Is that all?"

"Yes," he said rather sharply. He felt for the first time that it was a shortish name.

"I'm so sorry," said Wendy Moira Angela.

"It doesn't matter," Peter gulped.

She asked where he lived.

"Second to the right," said Peter, "and then straight on till morning."

"What a funny address!"

Peter had a sinking. For the first time he felt that perhaps it was a funny address.

"No, it isn't," he said.

"I mean," Wendy said nicely, remembering that she was hostess, "is that what they put on the letters?"

He wished she had not mentioned letters.

"Don't get any letters," he said…

"But your mother gets letters?"

"Don't have a mother," he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons. Wendy, however, felt at once that she was in the presence of a tragedy.

Reading Comprehension Questions

1) The above passage can best be described as which of the following?

a. monologue

b. dialogue

c. speech

d. verse

2) The characters in the above passage are most likely doing which of the following?

a. meeting for the first time

b. talking on the phone

c. getting ready to go to school

d. playing in a sporting event

3) Which of the following best describes the tone of the conversation between the two characters in the above passage?

a. relaxing

b. pleasant

c. awkward

d. boring

4) The last sentence of the above passage states that Wendy “felt at once she was in the presence of a tragedy.” In the context, what is the meaning of this phrase?

a. she thinks something terrible is about to happen

b. she thinks her guest has a sad life

c. she thinks she has a great responsibility

d. she thinks she just did an awful thing

5) The following exchange appears at the start of the above passage:

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction.

In this context, why does the author use the phrase “she replied with some satisfaction”?

a. Wendy is proud of her name

b. Wendy is surprised by the question

c. Wendy is embarrassed by her name

d. Wendy is not giving her true name

6) The above passage is written from a “3^rd person omniscient” Point of View. Based on the context, what does this term mean?

a. the narrator is a character in the story

b. the narrator knows everything about the characters

c. the narrator only knows what he can see

d. the narrator is making things happen

Answer Key

1) The above passage can best be described as which of the following?

a. monologue

b. dialogue

c. speech

d. verse

2) The characters in the above passage are most likely doing which of the following?

a. meeting for the first time

b. talking on the phone

c. getting ready to go to school

d. playing in a sporting event

3) Which of the following best describes the tone of the conversation between the two characters in the above passage?

a. relaxing

b. pleasant

c. awkward

d. boring

4) The last sentence of the above passage states that Wendy “felt at once she was in the presence of a tragedy.” In the context, what is the meaning of this phrase?

a. she thinks something terrible is about to happen

b. she thinks her guest has a sad life

c. she thinks she has a great responsibility

d. she thinks she just did an awful thing

5) The following exchange appears at the start of the above passage:

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction.

In this context, why does the author use the phrase “she replied with some satisfaction”?

a. Wendy is proud of her name

b. Wendy is surprised by the question

c. Wendy is embarrassed by her name

d. Wendy is not giving her true name

6) The above passage is written from a “3^rd person omniscient” Point of View. Based on the context, what does this term mean?

a. the narrator is a character in the story

b. the narrator knows everything about the characters

c. the narrator only knows what he can see

d. the narrator is making things happen