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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. When the little prince sees the airplane for the first time what does he say?
(a) He asks what that object is.
(b) He asks for a ride.
(c) He asks if he can fly it.
(d) He asks when happened to the airplane.

2. How old was the narrator of this book when he gave up his magnificent painting career?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Fifty years old.
(c) Ninety nine years old.
(d) He never gave it up.

3. After the plane crash, what does the pilot do?
(a) Runs and runs trying to find help.
(b) Starts to fix the engine of the plane.
(c) Draws pictures of what he sees.
(d) Lays down and gives up.

4. On his planet what does the little prince heat his breakfast on?
(a) The heat of the nearby sun.
(b) A large cookstove.
(c) He eats his breakfast cold.
(d) Either one of his two active volcanoes.

5. Who says, "Where I live everything is very small"?
(a) The ant.
(b) The little prince.
(c) The sheep.
(d) The snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard to learn where the little prince came from?

2. How many times in the 54 years the businessman has inhabited his planet has he been disturbed?

3. There is one drawing in Chapter V that the pilot is very proud of. Which one is it?

4. How many people live on the conceited man's planet?

5. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is the tippler different than the other types? The others are all behaving a certain way but the tippler is escaping from himself by drinking. Why is he included?

3. What is the meaning of the title The Little Prince?

4. The Little Prince is considered to be a fable. What does that mean?

5. Why doesn't the little prince answer questions that the pilot asks?

6. Why does the author of The Little Prince begin this book with a drawing?

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

8. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?

9. This book was written in French. What are some of the challenge of translating a book from one language into the next?

10. On asteroid 325 the king sits in his royal purple and ermine. What does this character represent?

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