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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many roses are in the garden that the little prince discovers?
(a) More than ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

2. Describe the flower which the little prince meets in the desert.
(a) It is a flower much like his own beloved flower, full of color and light.
(b) It is a flower with three petals, a flower of no account at all.
(c) It is a flower full of haughty pride and great intellectual understanding.
(d) It is a flower which had fallen from a nearby by baobab tree, lonely and sad.

3. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?
(a) At the North and South pole.
(b) Underground.
(c) On a small island out in the Pacific Ocean.
(d) In Washington, D.C.

4. The little prince discovers a rose garden. What is it about this rose garden that makes him so sad?
(a) He believes there is too much beauty to take in.
(b) He realizes that his flower is not the only one of her kind in the universe.
(c) He falls in love with all the roses.
(d) He feels inferior to to the flowers.

5. In the rose garden, when the little prince realizes the truth of his life and of the things he loves, what does he do?
(a) He runs and runs, as fast as his little legs will go.
(b) He lays down in the grass and cries.
(c) He stamps his little foot and shouts for help.
(d) He gives up and goes back to the desert.

6. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?
(a) The desert is a good place to die.
(b) The desert is like the stars, full of pieces that cannot be understood.
(c) There is no hope in the desert, all is lost.
(d) The desert is beautiful.

7. When the little prince arrives on the earth, why doesn't he see any people?
(a) He isn't looking for them.
(b) He falls into the ocean and almost drowns.
(c) Everyone is asleep. It is night.
(d) He lands in the Sahara desert.

8. In the rose garden, the little prince has to face a difficult fact about himself. What is it?
(a) That he doesn't care much about his life.
(b) That he made a terrible mistake by leaving his planet.
(c) That he will never be able to love his flower as he wants to.
(d) That the things he thought were so rare and valuable are quite common and small.

9. What does the little prince hope to see from the high peak in Chapter XIX?
(a) "The way to go home..."
(b) "The wide range of the galaxy and its inhabitants..."
(c) "The range of choices available to me..."
(d) "The whole planet at one glance and all the people..."

10. Where does the little prince find the fox?
(a) Chasing some chickens.
(b) Under the apple tree.
(c) Eating roses.
(d) In his own imagination.

11. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?
(a) Rest.
(b) Travel to far away places.
(c) Invent electricity.
(d) Have a big party for all the people on his planet.

12. What is the final drawing which the little prince requests from the pilot?
(a) The desert in moonlight.
(b) A better rendition of the baobab trees.
(c) A muzzle for the little prince's sheep.
(d) A self-portrait.

13. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?
(a) Forty four strides.
(b) One long stride and one short stride.
(c) Three strides.
(d) None. It is a one-dimensional flat planet.

14. What does the little prince tell the fox he is looking for?
(a) Friends.
(b) A way to go back home.
(c) Answers to life's questions.
(d) A way to escape his responsibilities.

15. Who is dying of thirst in the desert?
(a) The pilot is dying of thirst. The little prince is not human and does not need water.
(b) Both the pilot and the little prince. The pilot's thirst is physical ,and the little prince needs spiritual awakening.
(c) The little prince is smaller and more susceptible to dying of thirst.
(d) Neither are dying of thirst. They are only panicking. It is not really a problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drinks from the well first?

2. Why does the pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?

3. What does the flower in the desert know of men?

4. What is the army of lamplighters on earth compared to?

5. What does the little prince think is so odd about the geographer?

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