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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 is the tippler doing?
(a) Drinking to find the best wine.
(b) Drinking to cure his dehydration.
(c) Drinking to remember.
(d) Drinking to forget.

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

3. How is a drawing of a sheep different from a drawing of a ram?
(a) A ram is big and scary.
(b) There is no difference.
(c) A ram has horns.
(d) A sheep is white and a ram is grey.

4. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?
(a) That he has very little drinking water left.
(b) That someone will steal his plane.
(c) That the prince is not trustworthy.
(d) That nightfall will never come.

5. What is a Baobab?
(a) A very dangerous plant that can tear a tiny planet apart.
(b) A big jelly-like monster that moves like a slug.
(c) A happy king who treats his subjects well.
(d) A creature that chases sheep and goats all day long.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prince's flower has a personality. She is ...

2. What is the little prince feeling much of the time?

3. When the pilot and the little prince first meet, what time of day is it?

4. According to the pilot in Chapter IV, what are grownups mostly interested in?

5. What is the businessman doing when the prince first comes across him?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. This book was written in French. What are some of the challenge of translating a book from one language into the next?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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