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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should a person who flies planes study, according to the narrator?
(a) How to fall.
(b) Art.
(c) Geography.
(d) Fingerpainting.

2. Why is it hard to learn where the little prince came from?
(a) He doesn't know where he is from.
(b) He never seems to hear the questions asked of him.
(c) He is a spy.
(d) He speaks only Russian.

3. What is the setting in which the pilot and little prince meet?
(a) The desert.
(b) England and Wales.
(c) The seashore.
(d) The palace.

4. How many people were on the plane when it crashes?
(a) Four.
(b) Only one.
(c) Two.
(d) All the people who were on the plane.

5. What is another word that the translator might have used instead of tippler?
(a) Jolly Fellow.
(b) Big Tipper.
(c) Boozer or lush.
(d) Antique collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are good and bad plants in the little prince's planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?

2. What did the child ask the adults when he showed them the picture?

3. In Chapter III, what does the little prince like about the box that the pilot has drawn?

4. What does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?

5. Why is the flower not afraid of large animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the little prince's flower represent in this fable?

2. What is symbolic about the pilot making drawings in Chapter II?

3. Again, readers see the use of light by the author in setting the tone of Chapter VII. When the little prince is choked by sobbing, what is happening to the light?

4. What is of great consequence to the businessman, and what is of great consequence to the little prince?

5. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?

6. The author uses light throughout the book to evoke an emotional tone. What does the sunset evoke?

7. Why is the little prince so fond of sunsets?

8. The little prince wants to help the tippler. Why is he unable to help?

9. What is the symbolism of the little prince not pulling out the newly sprouted seed which he does not recognize?

10. Why is the little prince bored on the planet of the king?

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