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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 be his friend.
(b) Orders the prince to be his ambassador.
(c) Orders the prince to stay and become his cook.
(d) Orders the prince to spend life in prison.

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

3. 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.

4. 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 won't get the pilot a glass of water.
(d) The little prince is very lazy and sleeps all day.

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

6. Why is the flower not afraid of large animals?
(a) She has the power of speech and will talk them out of harming her.
(b) She doesn't think there are any large animals on the planet.
(c) She is overconfident and not very realistic about life.
(d) She believes her claws, her thorns, will protect her.

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

8. 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?
(a) Because the flower wants to become acquainted with the butterflies.
(b) Because the flower no longer wants to live and hopes something would soon eat her.
(c) The flowers wants to make him feel guilty for leaving.
(d) The flower is too vain to be covered up.

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

10. How long is the little prince willing to applaud the conceited man?
(a) The rest of his lifetime.
(b) The little prince refuses to applaud him at all.
(c) Forty four claps.
(d) Five minutes.

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

12. What is a Baobab?
(a) A very dangerous plant that can tear a tiny planet apart.
(b) A creature that chases sheep and goats all day long.
(c) A happy king who treats his subjects well.
(d) A big jelly-like monster that moves like a slug.

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

14. In the first line of Chapter I, the narrator mentions a book he once saw. What was the name of that book?
(a) The Royal Line of Transylvania.
(b) Once more into the Breach.
(c) Kings and Queens of the Middle Ages.
(d) True Stories from Nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The prince's flower has a personality. She is ...

2. How many times in the 54 years the businessman has inhabited his planet has he been disturbed?

3. What is the tippler doing?

4. What does the little prince ask the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits to do for him?

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

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