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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 landscape of the desert.
(d) A planet with three baobabs on it.

2. Why is it hard to learn where the little prince came from?
(a) He never seems to hear the questions asked of him.
(b) He doesn't know where he is from.
(c) He speaks only Russian.
(d) He is a spy.

3. The pilot (as a child) drew an animal eating another animal. What was being eaten?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) A zebra.
(d) A rat.

4. What does the tippler represent in the story?
(a) People who like wine.
(b) People who collect bottles.
(c) A fun guy who just wants to laugh.
(d) People who use alcohol or other substances to cover up their problems.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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 is thinking of something else.
(c) Because he also fell from the sky. It is a great coincidence.
(d) Because he is a very mean little boy.

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

13. The pilot has to make quite a few drawings before the little prince is satisfied. What picture satisfies him?
(a) The box with air holes.
(b) Three horses running through a stream.
(c) A wild ram eating pears.
(d) The sky at dawn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the narrator of The Little Prince?

4. On his planet what does the little prince heat his breakfast on?

5. How many drawings did the child make?

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