The Happy Home
by J.M. Barrie from Peter Pan
Chapter 10 passage: The well-loved children’s story “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie tells of the wonder boy, Peter who can fly and does not want to grow up. This passage is the foreshadowing of the climax of the book. Students will read the selection and answer questions on how the passage conveys a feeling of expectation.
Reading Comprehension Passage
The Happy Home
by J.M. Barrie from Peter Pan
Reading Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Each of the vocabulary words below are used in the reading passage. As you read the passage, pay attention to context clues that suggest the word’s meaning.
- Ignorance
- Rejoice
- Appalled
- Dull
- Usually
- Remained
Context Clues
Context Clues
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in boldface.
1) “None of them knew. Perhaps it was best not to know. Their ignorance gave them one more glad hour…”
a. confusion b. intelligence c. cluelessness d. positivity
2) “…and as it was to be their last hour on the island, …let us rejoice that there were sixty glad minutes in it.”
a. celebrate b. remember c. repeat d. honor
3) Even Slightly tried to tell a story that night, but the beginning was so fearfully dull that it appalled not only the others but himself…”
a. bored b. shocked c. confused d. annoyed
4) “Yes, it is a dull beginning. I say, let us pretend that it is the end.”
a. boring b. surprising c. shocking d. curious
5) “Usually when she began to tell this story he left the room or put his hands over his ears; and possibly if he had done either of those things this time they might all still be on the island.”
a. until b. as soon as c. often d. every time
6) “But tonight he remained on his stool; and we shall see what happened.”
a. imagined b. read c. created d. stayed