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

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

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

4. What is the pilot asked to draw by the little prince?
(a) A portrait of the little prince.
(b) A box.
(c) A sheep.
(d) The plane crash.

5. Why does the little prince weed his planet every morning?
(a) He likes playing in the dirt.
(b) It is the law on his world that everyone weed each morning.
(c) He is a workaholic.
(d) To keep the dangerous plants from taking root.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the little prince leaves his planet, he says goodbye to the flower and goes to put her glass globe on. Why does she say she doesn't need the protection any more?

3. How is a drawing of a sheep different from a drawing of a ram?

4. On his planet what does the little prince heat his breakfast on?

5. When the little prince decides to leave the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits, what does the king do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. The narrator of the book is introduced in Chapter 1. He is not an anonymous narrator but a character in the story. What does the first chapter reveal about him?

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

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

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