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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The imagery of water is used in "The Little Prince" to represent the life-giving force, whether it is physical or spiritual. What then does this thirst-quenching pill represent?
(a) Progress in problem solving.
(b) The way we falsely feed our thirst with things that do not give us life.
(c) The great advances of technology.
(d) The power of science.

2. In Chapter III, what does the little prince like about the box that the pilot has drawn?
(a) The box can be used to ship wool.
(b) At night the sheep can use it as a house.
(c) It can be used for a chair as well.
(d) It is very elaborate and encrusted with jewels.

3. On his planet what does the little prince heat his breakfast on?
(a) Either one of his two active volcanoes.
(b) He eats his breakfast cold.
(c) The heat of the nearby sun.
(d) A large cookstove.

4. Of all the people the little prince meets on the asteroids, he only likes one. Which one does he think he could be friends with?
(a) The king.
(b) The businessman.
(c) The lamplighter.
(d) None of them. He hates them all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Baobab?

2. Where does the geographer advise the little prince to visit next?

3. Where does the little prince find the fox?

4. What is the first picture that the narrator actually draws for the little prince?

5. How is a drawing of a sheep different from a drawing of a ram?

(see the answer key)

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