Question
Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie
For a moment after Mr. and Mrs. Darling left the house the night-lights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly. They were awfully nice little night-lights, but Wendy’s light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned also. Before they could close their mouths all the three went out.
There was another light in the room now, a thousand times brighter than the night-lights. In the time we have taken to say this, it had been in all the drawers in the nursery, looking for Peter’s shadow, rummaged the wardrobe and turned every pocket inside out. It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square.
A moment after the fairy’s entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in. He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust.
“Tinker Bell,” he called softly, after making sure that the children were asleep, “Tink, where are you?” she was in a jug for the moment, and liking it extremely; she had never been in a jug before.
“Oh, do come out of that jug, and tell me, do you know where they put my shadow?”
The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before.
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Adapted from Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, Public domain.
Questions
What can the reader infer about Tinker Bell? Select two.
She moves extremely fast.
She wishes she could talk to children.
She is very small.
She is still learning to fly.
by J.M. Barrie
For a moment after Mr. and Mrs. Darling left the house the night-lights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly. They were awfully nice little night-lights, but Wendy’s light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned also. Before they could close their mouths all the three went out.
There was another light in the room now, a thousand times brighter than the night-lights. In the time we have taken to say this, it had been in all the drawers in the nursery, looking for Peter’s shadow, rummaged the wardrobe and turned every pocket inside out. It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square.
A moment after the fairy’s entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in. He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust.
“Tinker Bell,” he called softly, after making sure that the children were asleep, “Tink, where are you?” she was in a jug for the moment, and liking it extremely; she had never been in a jug before.
“Oh, do come out of that jug, and tell me, do you know where they put my shadow?”
The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before.
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Adapted from Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, Public domain.
Questions
What can the reader infer about Tinker Bell? Select two.
She moves extremely fast.
She wishes she could talk to children.
She is very small.
She is still learning to fly.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
From the provided text, the reader can infer the following about Tinker Bell:
1. **She moves extremely fast.** - The description of Tinker Bell "flashing about so quickly" suggests that she is very fast in her movements.
2. **She is very small.** - The text specifically states that she is "no longer than your hand," indicating her small size.
The other options, "She wishes she could talk to children" and "She is still learning to fly," are not supported by the text provided.
1. **She moves extremely fast.** - The description of Tinker Bell "flashing about so quickly" suggests that she is very fast in her movements.
2. **She is very small.** - The text specifically states that she is "no longer than your hand," indicating her small size.
The other options, "She wishes she could talk to children" and "She is still learning to fly," are not supported by the text provided.