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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the flowers in the rose garden remind him of?
(a) They remind him of his mother and how much she loved roses.
(b) They remind him that he is afraid of thorns.
(c) They all look like his flower.
(d) They remind him that all flowers are silly and to be avoided.

3. The little prince wants the fox to play with him. What does the fox say?
(a) "I have too many serious things to do. I have no time to play."
(b) "I cannot play with you. I am not tamed."
(c) "I must be on my way. You are distracting me."
(d) "I do not like humans. They are always shooting at me."

4. What does the first creature the prince meets on earth offer the little prince?
(a) To send him back from whence he came.
(b) To teach him all about the earth and its people.
(c) To teach him the difference between good and evil.
(d) To guide him out of the desert.

5. How does the fox define the word "tame"?
(a) It means to establish ties.
(b) It means to be nice.
(c) It means to eliminate all resistance.
(d) It means to break someone down.

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

7. 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) There is no hope in the desert, all is lost.
(c) The desert is a good place to die.
(d) The desert is like the stars, full of pieces that cannot be understood.

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

9. 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 king.
(b) The businessman.
(c) None of them. He hates them all.
(d) The lamplighter.

10. Why does the geographer think someone who drinks too much is not a reliable source?
(a) Because he would spend all his times in bars and none making maps and observations.
(b) Because he would forget to come back and give a report to the geographer.
(c) Because he would see double and report two mountains where there was only one.
(d) Because he would get lost too often.

11. The lamplighter says a day on his planet is how long?
(a) One year.
(b) One minute.
(c) One day.
(d) A hundred years.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many flowers does the little prince meet in the desert?

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

3. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?

4. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

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

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