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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where must the snake bite the little prince?
(a) In the new plane.
(b) The exact spot where the little prince arrived on the earth.
(c) In the rose garden.
(d) At the well.

6. 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.

7. What does the railway switchmen think of children?
(a) Children should become adults as soon as possible.
(b) Children waste too much time.
(c) Only children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes. They are lucky.
(d) Children should not bother busy switchmen while they are working.

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

9. Why does the geographer refuse to record the little prince's flower?
(a) The geographer doesn't like flowers.
(b) The geographer is allergic to flowers.
(c) The geographer says that a flower is ephemeral.
(d) The geographer doesn't know how to spell flower.

10. How many thirst-quenching pills would one need in order to feel full of liquid, according to Chapter XXIII?
(a) One pill an hour.
(b) Take two pills whenever you feel thirsty.
(c) Take two pills and call the doctor in the morning.
(d) One pill a week.

11. What does the first creature the prince meets on earth say he is more powerful than?
(a) The truth.
(b) The thundering elephant.
(c) The finger of a king.
(d) The shining sun.

12. What does the little prince know about the pilot's engine in Chapter XXVI?
(a) That the pilot has fixed it.
(b) That it is going to be a long time before it gets mended.
(c) That it will never run.
(d) That the snake has stolen the crucial parts.

13. What does the little prince think is so odd about the geographer?
(a) That he is so wise and forgiving.
(b) That he is blind.
(c) That he knows nothing of his own planet.
(d) That he eats only paper.

14. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?
(a) An eagle.
(b) The sky god.
(c) A black snake.
(d) An echo.

15. What is the first creature the little prince meets on earth?
(a) His own shadow self.
(b) The golden snake.
(c) The businessman.
(d) The pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. The lamplighter says a day on his planet is how long?

2. In the rose garden, the little prince has to face a difficult fact about himself. What is it?

3. Who drinks from the well first?

4. How many men does the flower think there are on earth?

5. According to the switchman, what are the adults in the trains pursuing?

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