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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many asteroid planets does the little prince visit in total?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Too many to count.

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

4. What does the conceited man want?
(a) Money.
(b) To be admired.
(c) A hat.
(d) Something to eat.

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

6. Who is the narrator of The Little Prince?
(a) The boa constrictor.
(b) The pilot.
(c) The little prince.
(d) The snake.

7. What does the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits believe he rules over?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Himself.
(d) The prince.

8. Where does the plane crash happen?
(a) A high, high mountain.
(b) The Desert of Sahara.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) Death Valley.

9. What is the setting in which the pilot and little prince meet?
(a) England and Wales.
(b) The palace.
(c) The desert.
(d) The seashore.

10. How many thorns does the prince's unique flower have?
(a) Almost a hundred thorns.
(b) One thorn.
(c) Four thorns.
(d) None.

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

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

13. When the pilot and the little prince first meet, what time of day is it?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Deepest midnight.
(c) High noon.
(d) It was too foggy to tell.

14. Why does the little prince think he can watch a sunset anytime?
(a) He thinks he can command the sunset to appear.
(b) He is a demanding person.
(c) Because on his small planet, he can.
(d) He lives in a world of wishing.

15. What does the little prince tell the businessman that he owns?
(a) A knowledge of the stars.
(b) A thousand planets.
(c) Time.
(d) A flower and three volcanoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?

2. What does the conceited man want to be admired as?

3. After the plane crash, what does the pilot do?

4. How many drawings did the child make?

5. When the little prince sees the airplane for the first time what does he say?

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