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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "Where I live everything is very small"?
(a) The ant.
(b) The snake.
(c) The little prince.
(d) The sheep.

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

4. What does the prince do for the flower?
(a) Waters her, puts a screen by her in the day and a glass globe over her at night.
(b) Reads her poetry.
(c) Nothing, she takes care of herself.
(d) Takes photographs of her.

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

6. What is the pilot working on that he thinks will help him get out of the desert?
(a) Making paper airplanes.
(b) The engine of his plane.
(c) A map showing the way out of the desert.
(d) A book about geography.

7. Why does the laughter of the little prince annoy the pilot so much?
(a) The prince never stops laughing.
(b) The pilot has no sense of humor.
(c) The pilot likes his misfortunes to be taken seriously.
(d) The prince has a very loud obnoxious laugh.

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

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

10. What does the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits call the prince?
(a) An interruption.
(b) His subject.
(c) His son.
(d) An annoying lawyer.

11. Who is the scholar that discovers the little prince's planet?
(a) A Turkish astronomer who sees it only once through his telescope.
(b) A flock of geese living in an observatory.
(c) The pilot's father, who is an astronaut.
(d) The International Astronomical Observer.

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

13. What was the soil of the little prince's planet infested with?
(a) Terrible invisible seeds.
(b) Toxic waste.
(c) Fire ants.
(d) Twisting, writhing snakes.

14. When he begins having problems with his flower, the prince makes a very big decision. What is it?
(a) To dig a well.
(b) To learn to fly a plane.
(c) To leave his planet.
(d) To build a small home.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pilot has to make quite a few drawings before the little prince is satisfied. What picture satisfies him?

2. Why does the little prince laugh at the notion of the airplane falling from the sky?

3. What is the little prince's plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?

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

5. How many thorns does the prince's unique flower have?

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