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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?
(a) None. It is a one-dimensional flat planet.
(b) One long stride and one short stride.
(c) Three strides.
(d) Forty four strides.

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

4. Where does the geographer advise the little prince to visit next?
(a) Go back to the lamplighter and learn from him.
(b) Go to the rings of Saturn and visit the third moon.
(c) Go home and take care of the flower.
(d) Earth, because it has a good reputation.

5. 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) The great advances of technology.
(c) Progress in problem solving.
(d) The way we falsely feed our thirst with things that do not give us life.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the flower which the little prince meets in the desert.
(a) It is a flower much like his own beloved flower, full of color and light.
(b) It is a flower which had fallen from a nearby by baobab tree, lonely and sad.
(c) It is a flower full of haughty pride and great intellectual understanding.
(d) It is a flower with three petals, a flower of no account at all.

11. What does the little prince tell the fox he is looking for?
(a) Answers to life's questions.
(b) A way to escape his responsibilities.
(c) Friends.
(d) A way to go back home.

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

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

14. What does the flower in the desert know of men?
(a) She is afraid to tell the little prince what she knows, so terrifying is her knowledge.
(b) She knows everything about the world of men for she once lived in a great garden of roses.
(c) She knows only what the snake has told her.
(d) She once saw a caravan passing. She believes they were the only men in existence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The little prince walks through sand, rock, and snow and at last comes to a road. Where does the road lead him?

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

4. The little prince discovers a rose garden. What is it about this rose garden that makes him so sad?

5. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?

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