The Return Home
by J.M. Barrie from Peter Pan
Chapter 16 passage: J.M. Barrie’s tale “Peter Pan" recounts the story of a magical boy and his friends in Neverland. In this passage, after all their adventures in Neverland, Wendy, Michael, and John Darling are on their way home. Peter Pan, however, has a different plan. After reading the passage, students will answer questions on character traits and main idea.
Reading Comprehension Passage
The Return 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.
- Exterminated
- Glee
- Bragged
- Exultantly
- Peeped
- Fond
- Ceased
Context Clues
Context Clues
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in boldface.
1) “Now I understand what had hitherto puzzled me, why when Peter had exterminated the pirates…”
a. cleaned b. fought c. eliminated d. celebrated
2) “Instead of feeling that he was behaving badly he danced with glee…”
a. joy b. shame c. embarrassment d. sadness
3) “Of course he knew nothing whatever about his mother; but he sometimes bragged about her.”
a. spoke negatively b. spoke positively c. joked d. wondered
4) “… it was saying, “Come back, Wendy, Wendy, Wendy”; and he cried exultantly…”
a. sadly b. loudly c. happily d. hopefully
5) “He peeped in again to see why the music had stopped, and now he saw that Mrs. Darling had laid her head on the box…”
a. looked b. jumped c. stepped d. ran
6) “She’s awfully fond of Wendy,” he said to himself.”
a. upset with b. enthusiastic about c. annoyed by d. mad at
7) “He ceased to look at her, but even then she would not let go of him.”
a. waited b. tried c. hoped d. stopped