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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. Why is the flower not afraid of large animals?
(a) She has the power of speech and will talk them out of harming her.
(b) She is overconfident and not very realistic about life.
(c) She believes her claws, her thorns, will protect her.
(d) She doesn't think there are any large animals on the planet.

2. What did the child ask the adults when he showed them the picture?
(a) Does this picture frighten you?
(b) Do you know what this is?
(c) What is happening in this drawing?
(d) Where should I hang this picture?

3. What is the little prince's plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?
(a) To bring sheep to his planet, so they can eat young baobab bushes.
(b) To plant a great garden which would feed all his people.
(c) To lasso his planet and bring it closer to earth.
(d) To clone himself and colonize other planets across the galaxy.

4. What does Antoine de Saint-Exupery call The Land of Tears"?
(a) A secret place.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) A no-man's land.
(d) A desert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prince do for the flower?

2. When he begins having problems with his flower, the prince makes a very big decision. What is it?

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

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

5. The six-year-old child gave up being an artist and chose to become what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does the narrator keep showing his drawing to adults throughout his life?

4. 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?

5. What does the airplane symbolize?

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

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

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

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

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

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