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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the things he thought were so rare and valuable are quite common and small.
(c) That he made a terrible mistake by leaving his planet.
(d) That he will never be able to love his flower as he wants to.

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

3. What does the little prince believe that the desert hides?
(a) A home for the ages.
(b) A well.
(c) The secret of eternal youth.
(d) Snakes that can kill.

4. What does the little prince decide that they should look for to quench their thirst in Chapter XXIV?
(a) A well.
(b) Baobab trees.
(c) Death.
(d) A bottle of thirst quenching pills.

5. 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 beautiful.
(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 a good place to die.

6. When he emerges from the desert, where does the little prince go?
(a) He opes to find water in the nearest town.
(b) He gets a ride in the pilot's airplane.
(c) He climbs a high mountain.
(d) He sits down and has a little rest.

7. After arriving on the earth and meeting his first earth creature, what does the little prince do?
(a) He makes a map of the desert.
(b) He crosses the desert.
(c) He gives up and goes home.
(d) He find the pilot.

8. How many men does the flower think there are on earth?
(a) Only the pilot.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Perhaps 10,000 or more. She is not sure.
(d) Three billion.

9. What word is used to describe the great pageant of the lamplighters around the world, taking turns to bring light into the darkness?
(a) Idiotic.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Boring.
(d) Magnificent.

10. Why does the flower in the desert think men are hard to find?
(a) They are afraid of flowers.
(b) They live underground.
(c) They have all left and now live on far moons.
(d) The wind blows them away.

11. How many kings are on earth, according to the pilot?
(a) 16.
(b) Thousands upon thousands.
(c) 111.
(d) Too many.

12. How does the little prince feel when he first arrives on the earth?
(a) Finally at peace.
(b) Victorious and confident.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Very happy.

13. Which does the narrator say there are more of on earth, geographers or conceited men?
(a) All geographers are conceited men.
(b) There is an even number of both.
(c) Conceited men.
(d) Geographers.

14. What do the children on the trains waste their time over?
(a) Wanting to get their parent's attention.
(b) Nothing. They are all quite efficient.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) Spilled milk.

15. The little prince walks through sand, rock, and snow and at last comes to a road. Where does the road lead him?
(a) To a small cafe, where he is able to get sustenance.
(b) The abodes of men.
(c) Back to where he came from.
(d) An airport where he meets the pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time per week can a person save by taking the thirst quenching pills?

2. How does the author use light imagery in the chapter about trains?

3. What does the little prince know about the pilot's engine in Chapter XXVI?

4. What does the little prince ask about the poison which the snake has within it?

5. What is the final drawing which the little prince requests from the pilot?

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