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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From his perch on the mountain, what does the little prince think of the world?
(a) That is is quite exciting and glorious.
(b) That is it a magnificent and noble place.
(c) That it is all together dry, pointed, harsh, and forbidding.
(d) That it is dangerous and dark.

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

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

4. What is the selling point which the pill merchant offers the little prince?
(a) The pills are necessary for a high quality of life.
(b) Everyone is using these pills.
(c) The pills are cost effective.
(d) The pills save a tremendous amount of time.

5. Of all the people the little prince meets on the asteroids, he only likes one. Which one does he think he could be friends with?
(a) The lamplighter.
(b) The businessman.
(c) None of them. He hates them all.
(d) The king.

6. At what time of day does the pilot find the well?
(a) In the heat of the noon.
(b) At sunset.
(c) At daybreak.
(d) In cool midnight.

7. How many people, approximately, does the narrator say live on the earth?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) Only one. The pilot.
(c) 2,000,000,000.
(d) 462,511.

8. How would the geographer be best described?
(a) A man who has explored the whole galaxy.
(b) A brave man who has battled his way through jungles and deserts.
(c) An intelligent man who knows how to write books.
(d) A scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.

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

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

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. When the little prince watches the trains, he remembers something the fox said. What does he remember?
(a) "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
(b) "Don't go so fast that you miss your life."
(c) "Nothing good can happen quickly."
(d) "Stop and smell the roses."

13. What is on the lamplighter's planet?
(a) A businessman and his dog who lights lamps.
(b) A lion and his pride and a lamplighter.
(c) A street lamp and a lamp lighter.
(d) A snake who provides light.

14. What is unique about the fifth planet, the lamplighter's planet?
(a) It is the smallest.
(b) There are so many people running around and singing.
(c) It is spinning at an incredible rate.
(d) It is made of soft rubber.

15. The imagery of water is used in "The Little Prince" to represent the life-giving force, whether it is physical or spiritual. What then does this thirst-quenching pill represent?
(a) The power of science.
(b) Progress in problem solving.
(c) The way we falsely feed our thirst with things that do not give us life.
(d) The great advances of technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many thirst-quenching pills would one need in order to feel full of liquid, according to Chapter XXIII?

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

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

4. When the pilot sees the snake in Chapter XXVI, what does he do?

5. Who drinks from the well first?

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