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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. How many times in one day does the sun set on the little prince's planet?
(a) 44 times.
(b) 40 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 400 times.

2. The pilot tells us that throughout his life, when he met a clear-sighted adult he would always show them what?
(a) A map of China.
(b) Drawing Number One.
(c) His juggling skills.
(d) A golf club.

3. What is the subject of the drawing in Chapter I?
(a) A boa constrictor.
(b) Two volcanos.
(c) A little planet.
(d) A rose.

4. When the pilot and the little prince first meet, what time of day is it?
(a) High noon.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Deepest midnight.
(d) It was too foggy to tell.

5. There are good and bad plants in the little prince's planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?
(a) Beans and Corn.
(b) Sweet Peas and Violets.
(c) Squash and potatoes.
(d) Roses and Radishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pilot gives the little prince something that the little prince greatly treasures and which he keeps it in his pocket. What is it?

2. When the plane crashes in Chapter II, how many people are in it?

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

4. How does the little prince reveal that he might be from another planet?

5. Why does the little prince think he can watch a sunset anytime?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why are the chapters of this book so short?

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

4. What does the little prince learn from the conceited man?

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

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

7. When the little prince is leaving his planet, he goes to put the glass globe over the flower. She says no. Why does she decide to go without this protection?

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

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

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

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