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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day does the prince's beautiful flower first bloom?
(a) In the heat of midday.
(b) In the cool of the evening.
(c) Exactly at sunrise.
(d) In dark of night.

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

3. What is the first picture that the narrator actually draws for the little prince?
(a) A big flock of sheep.
(b) The night sky.
(c) A boa constrictor from the outside.
(d) A cup of tea.

4. On the first asteroid planet he visits, why can't the prince sit down?
(a) The king forbids it.
(b) There are no chairs.
(c) The king's ermine robe is covering the entire planet.
(d) He is afraid he will fall asleep and stay there forever.

5. The morning after the plane crash, when the narrator wakes up, who is standing there?
(a) An angel.
(b) The little prince.
(c) His long lost cousin.
(d) A flock of sheep.

6. The pilot gives the little prince something that the little prince greatly treasures and which he keeps it in his pocket. What is it?
(a) The pilot's drawing of a sheep in a box with air holes.
(b) A star chart.
(c) A magic wand.
(d) A glass of water.

7. 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 believes her claws, her thorns, will protect her.
(c) She doesn't think there are any large animals on the planet.
(d) She is overconfident and not very realistic about life.

8. Why does the little prince laugh at the notion of the airplane falling from the sky?
(a) He is only laughing because he is very nervous.
(b) Because he also fell from the sky. It is a great coincidence.
(c) Because he is a very mean little boy.
(d) Because he is thinking of something else.

9. When the little prince leaves his planet, does he plan to ever return?
(a) No.
(b) He doesn't have a plan one way or the other.
(c) Yes, he is just going to find more flowers.
(d) Yes, he is just planning a short vacation.

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

11. What did the child ask the adults when he showed them the picture?
(a) Does this picture frighten you?
(b) Do you know what this is?
(c) What is happening in this drawing?
(d) Where should I hang this picture?

12. What does the little prince love to watch?
(a) Shooting stars.
(b) The sunset.
(c) The sandstorm that is heading their way.
(d) A flower growing.

13. There is one drawing in Chapter V that the pilot is very proud of. Which one is it?
(a) A family eating dinner on a boat.
(b) A great canyon with a river snaking through it.
(c) A planet with three baobabs on it.
(d) A landscape of the desert.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The little prince is not impressed with what the businessman owns. What reason does he give for his disdain?

3. Who is the narrator of The Little Prince?

4. What does the little prince point out to the businessman when he first meets him?

5. How small is the planet where the prince comes from, as described in Chapter III?

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