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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) An echo.
(d) A black snake.

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) The pharmaceutical industry.
(d) Wall street brokers.

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

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

5. 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 have all left and now live on far moons.
(d) They live underground.

6. What structure is near the well?
(a) The ruin of an old stone wall.
(b) An amphitheatre, long out of use.
(c) A plane, new and ready to be flown.
(d) A ladder which reaches up into the clouds.

7. Why does the fox want to be tamed?
(a) He likes the little prince and thinks he would be fun to hang out with.
(b) He thinks the little prince will feed him chickens if he is tame, and his life will be much easier.
(c) He is trying to trick the little prince. He actually does not want to be tamed.
(d) His life is very boring and monotonous. Being tamed will be like the sun shining on his life.

8. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?
(a) Invent electricity.
(b) Have a big party for all the people on his planet.
(c) Rest.
(d) Travel to far away places.

9. 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.

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

11. After arriving on the earth and meeting his first earth creature, what does the little prince do?
(a) He find the pilot.
(b) He crosses the desert.
(c) He gives up and goes home.
(d) He makes a map of the desert.

12. How does the author use light imagery in the chapter about trains?
(a) The trains can operate in the dark as well as the light.
(b) The trains are brilliantly lit as they thunder by.
(c) The trains are lit from the inside with lamplight.
(d) The trains create sparks on the tracks that light up the night.

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

14. How does the little prince feel when he first arrives on the earth?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Very happy.
(c) Finally at peace.
(d) Victorious and confident.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the geographer refuse to record the little prince's flower?

3. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?

4. What sound does the well in the desert make?

5. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

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