2. Who does the allegorical character of the pill merchant represent?
(a) The physician and his team of nurses.
(b) People who sell us things we don't need.
(c) Wall street brokers.
(d) The pharmaceutical industry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How does the geographer define ephemeral?
(a) "In the area of fumeral springs."
(b) "Hard to quantify."
(c) "In danger of speedy disappearance."
(d) "Inside eternal beings."

12. On his own planet, what does the little prince use the extinct volcano for?
(a) A footstool.
(b) An oven.
(c) It is useless, so he doesn't use it at all.
(d) A landmark to find his way home.

13. On the little prince's planet, who would speak first, himself or his flower?
(a) His flower is always the first to speak.
(b) His flower does not speak.
(c) They both talk at once, they are so excited about everything.
(d) He has to start every conversation.

14. What sound does the well in the desert make?
(a) It creaks, like the hinge of a door that has never been oiled.
(b) It moans, like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten.
(c) It cries, like a child who is afraid.
(d) It sings, like the song of the lark at break of day.

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