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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his own planet, what does the little prince use the extinct volcano for?
(a) A footstool.
(b) An oven.
(c) It is useless, so he doesn't use it at all.
(d) A landmark to find his way home.

2. What is the final drawing which the little prince requests from the pilot?
(a) A better rendition of the baobab trees.
(b) A self-portrait.
(c) A muzzle for the little prince's sheep.
(d) The desert in moonlight.

3. What does the little prince tell the fox he is looking for?
(a) Answers to life's questions.
(b) A way to escape his responsibilities.
(c) Friends.
(d) A way to go back home.

4. In the rose garden, the little prince has to face a difficult fact about himself. What is it?
(a) That the things he thought were so rare and valuable are quite common and small.
(b) That he doesn't care much about his life.
(c) That he made a terrible mistake by leaving his planet.
(d) That he will never be able to love his flower as he wants to.

5. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?
(a) On a small island out in the Pacific Ocean.
(b) At the North and South pole.
(c) In Washington, D.C.
(d) Underground.

6. What does the little prince know about the pilot's engine in Chapter XXVI?
(a) That it will never run.
(b) That it is going to be a long time before it gets mended.
(c) That the pilot has fixed it.
(d) That the snake has stolen the crucial parts.

7. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?
(a) The sky god.
(b) An echo.
(c) A black snake.
(d) An eagle.

8. What does the little prince hope to see from the high peak in Chapter XIX?
(a) "The way to go home..."
(b) "The whole planet at one glance and all the people..."
(c) "The wide range of the galaxy and its inhabitants..."
(d) "The range of choices available to me..."

9. When the little prince watches the trains, he remembers something the fox said. What does he remember?
(a) "Stop and smell the roses."
(b) "Nothing good can happen quickly."
(c) "Don't go so fast that you miss your life."
(d) "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

10. Who hoists the bucket up from the bottom of the well to the surface?
(a) The pilot.
(b) The little prince.
(c) The snake.
(d) The woman by the well.

11. What word is used to describe the great pageant of the lamplighters around the world, taking turns to bring light into the darkness?
(a) Magnificent.
(b) Boring.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Idiotic.

12. From his perch on the mountain, what does the little prince think of the world?
(a) That it is dangerous and dark.
(b) That is is quite exciting and glorious.
(c) That it is all together dry, pointed, harsh, and forbidding.
(d) That is it a magnificent and noble place.

13. What does the railway switchmen think of children?
(a) Children should become adults as soon as possible.
(b) Only children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes. They are lucky.
(c) Children should not bother busy switchmen while they are working.
(d) Children waste too much time.

14. Who drinks from the well first?
(a) The pilot, he is near death.
(b) The water is not real. Neither of them drink.
(c) The litle prince. This is the water he was thirsty for.
(d) They drink together, they are so thirsty they cannot wait.

15. What sound does the well in the desert make?
(a) It moans, like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten.
(b) It sings, like the song of the lark at break of day.
(c) It cries, like a child who is afraid.
(d) It creaks, like the hinge of a door that has never been oiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time per week can a person save by taking the thirst quenching pills?

2. What is the job of the railway switchman?

3. How does the author use light imagery in the chapter about trains?

4. Where does the little prince find the fox?

5. Why does the flower in the desert think men are hard to find?

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