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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 stay and become his cook.
(c) Orders the prince to be his friend.
(d) Orders the prince to be his ambassador.

2. What does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?
(a) "He is not a man--he is a mushroom!"
(b) "He clearly has high blood pressure and should soon explode!"
(c) "He should be ashamed of himself!"
(d) "He is a terrible excuse for a human being!"

3. What is the little prince's plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?
(a) To lasso his planet and bring it closer to earth.
(b) To clone himself and colonize other planets across the galaxy.
(c) To plant a great garden which would feed all his people.
(d) To bring sheep to his planet, so they can eat young baobab bushes.

4. On the fifth day that the pilot and the little prince are together, the secret of the little prince's life is revealed. What is that secret?
(a) The little prince is afraid that he will die of thirst.
(b) The little prince is afraid that his flower will be eaten by the sheep.
(c) The little prince is actually a lost child from a nearby village.
(d) The little prince is the spirit of the desert.

5. What does the little prince point out to the businessman when he first meets him?
(a) "You are a silly man."
(b) "Your cigarette has gone out."
(c) "You've dropped a couple of coins on your foot."
(d) "You are very good at counting. Bravo!"

6. After the plane crash, what does the pilot do?
(a) Lays down and gives up.
(b) Draws pictures of what he sees.
(c) Starts to fix the engine of the plane.
(d) Runs and runs trying to find help.

7. What did the adults think the child's drawing looked like?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A tapeworm.
(c) A frightening monster.
(d) A hat.

8. What name does a human scholar give little prince's planet?
(a) The Star that is Beyond.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Astroid B-612.
(d) Little Kingdom of Rose.

9. How big is the little prince's planet, as described in Chapter IV?
(a) Wide and flat, like a giant frisbee.
(b) Newly formed from a black hole.
(c) Very hot from all the lava flowing over it.
(d) Scarcely any larger than a house.

10. How many petals do the ordinary flowers on the prince's planet have?
(a) One.
(b) None, they are spikes.
(c) Three.
(d) Three hundred.

11. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?
(a) That the prince is not trustworthy.
(b) That someone will steal his plane.
(c) That he has very little drinking water left.
(d) That nightfall will never come.

12. There are good and bad plants in the little prince's planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?
(a) Squash and potatoes.
(b) Beans and Corn.
(c) Roses and Radishes.
(d) Sweet Peas and Violets.

13. How does the little prince reveal that he might be from another planet?
(a) He asks, "Why is the sky blue?"
(b) He asks the pilot, "Which is your planet?"
(c) He asks, "May I be taken to the queen?"
(d) He asks, "What lives beyond the sands?"

14. What is the businessman doing when the prince first comes across him?
(a) Counting the stars.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Watching television.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the little prince weed his planet every morning?

2. When the flower realizes the little prince is leaving, what does she ask for?

3. What is the little prince feeling much of the time?

4. What does the conceited man ask the little prince to do?

5. The six-year-old child gave up being an artist and chose to become what?

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