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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 does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?
(a) "He clearly has high blood pressure and should soon explode!"
(b) "He should be ashamed of himself!"
(c) "He is not a man--he is a mushroom!"
(d) "He is a terrible excuse for a human being!"

2. What does the discoverer of the little prince's planet do in order to be taken seriously?
(a) He demands that he be heard.
(b) He speaks slowly and clearly.
(c) He writes a scientifice treatise and gets it published.
(d) He wears European clothing.

3. How long is the little prince willing to applaud the conceited man?
(a) The little prince refuses to applaud him at all.
(b) The rest of his lifetime.
(c) Forty four claps.
(d) Five minutes.

4. What does the little prince do so that he can see the maximum number of sunsets on his planet?
(a) He closes his eyes for ten seconds.
(b) He moves his chair a few steps.
(c) He stands on his head and then sits down again.
(d) He runs around the planet very fast before the sun sets again.

5. Why does the little prince become enraged at the pilot in Chapter VII?
(a) Because the prince can't find his flower.
(b) Because the pilot won't go for a walk with him.
(c) Because the pilot doesn't consider the little prince's problem with his flower as a matter of consequence.
(d) Because the pilot won't share his water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many thorns does the prince's unique flower have?

2. What is the tippler ashamed of?

3. Why does the laughter of the little prince annoy the pilot so much?

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

5. Why does the pilot get so cross with the little prince in Chapter II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter V, the little prince reveals what problem he is facing on his home planet. What is it?

6. 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?

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

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

9. Why do the inhabitants of these six asteroids have no given names? Why are they "types"?

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

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