2. In Chapter III, what does the little prince like about the box that the pilot has drawn?
(a) It can be used for a chair as well.
(b) At night the sheep can use it as a house.
(c) It is very elaborate and encrusted with jewels.
(d) The box can be used to ship wool.

3. On the fifth day that the pilot and the little prince are together, the secret of the little prince's life is revealed. What is that secret?
(a) The little prince is afraid that he will die of thirst.
(b) The little prince is the spirit of the desert.
(c) The little prince is afraid that his flower will be eaten by the sheep.
(d) The little prince is actually a lost child from a nearby village.

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

5. When he begins having problems with his flower, the prince makes a very big decision. What is it?
(a) To learn to fly a plane.
(b) To dig a well.
(c) To build a small home.
(d) To leave his planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word that the translator might have used instead of tippler?

2. What is the setting in which the pilot and little prince meet?

3. What does the discoverer of the little prince's planet do in order to be taken seriously?

4. The pilot has to make quite a few drawings before the little prince is satisfied. What picture satisfies him?

5. What is a Baobab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The narrator observes that adults are mostly interested in different things than children are drawn to. What are some of the things the narrator notes about the interests of adults vs. the interests of children?

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

5. What does the pilot offer to give the little prince for his sheep? Why does the little prince reject his offer?

6. The asteroid that the little prince lives on was seen by whom?

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

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

9. What does the airplane symbolize?

10. In Chapter VII, the pilot says "the secret of the little prince's life was revealed to me." What is that secret?

(see the answer keys)

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