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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the conceited man ask the little prince to do?
(a) Clap his hands.
(b) Count the stars.
(c) Make supper.
(d) Do cartwheels.

2. How many times in one day does the sun set on the little prince's planet?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 44 times.
(c) 400 times.
(d) 40 times.

3. What is another word that the translator might have used instead of tippler?
(a) Boozer or lush.
(b) Jolly Fellow.
(c) Big Tipper.
(d) Antique collector.

4. What does the conceited man use his hat for?
(a) To salute.
(b) To shield him from the burning sun.
(c) To make people laugh at him.
(d) To keep the rain off his face.

5. How small is the planet where the prince comes from, as described in Chapter III?
(a) About the size of Venus.
(b) So small a sheep doesn't need to be tied up.
(c) Bigger than the moon, but smaller than the sun.
(d) Microscopic in size.

6. How many times in the 54 years the businessman has inhabited his planet has he been disturbed?
(a) Constantly. That's why he can never finish counting.
(b) Three. The little prince is the third disturbance.
(c) He can't remember. He pays no attention to such things.
(d) Never.

7. The six-year-old child gave up being an artist and chose to become what?
(a) A zoo keeper.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A gardener.

8. Why does the little prince become enraged at the pilot in Chapter VII?
(a) Because the pilot won't share his water.
(b) Because the pilot won't go for a walk with him.
(c) Because the pilot doesn't consider the little prince's problem with his flower as a matter of consequence.
(d) Because the prince can't find his flower.

9. When the little prince decides to leave the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits, what does the king do?
(a) Orders the prince to spend life in prison.
(b) Orders the prince to be his friend.
(c) Orders the prince to be his ambassador.
(d) Orders the prince to stay and become his cook.

10. What does the businessman think he owns?
(a) The six planets nearest him.
(b) A collection of gold coins.
(c) The stars.
(d) The entire planet.

11. What is the subject of the drawing in Chapter I?
(a) A little planet.
(b) A boa constrictor.
(c) Two volcanos.
(d) A rose.

12. What is the tippler surrounded by?
(a) Empty bottles and full bottles.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Cups.
(d) Friends and companions.

13. What does the conceited man want to be admired as?
(a) The most generous of all beings.
(b) The handsomest, the best dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on the planet.
(c) The happiest soul lin the galaxy.
(d) The biggest clown of them all.

14. How old was the narrator of this book when he gave up his magnificent painting career?
(a) He never gave it up.
(b) Ninety nine years old.
(c) Six years old.
(d) Fifty years old.

15. Why does the pilot get so cross with the little prince in Chapter II?
(a) The pilot is trying to fix his engine and the little prince keeps asking him about inconsequential things.
(b) The little prince keeps running off.
(c) The little prince is very lazy and sleeps all day.
(d) The little prince won't get the pilot a glass of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pilot reveals that after he becomes friends with the little prince he starts doing something again. What is it?

2. When the little prince leaves his planet, he says goodbye to the flower and goes to put her glass globe on. Why does she say she doesn't need the protection any more?

3. The pilot (as a child) drew an animal eating another animal. What was being eaten?

4. What does the little prince do so that he can see the maximum number of sunsets on his planet?

5. What is the pilot asked to draw by the little prince?

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