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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. The pilot (as a child) drew an animal eating another animal. What was being eaten?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A rat.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A zebra.

2. How many drawings did the child make?
(a) Two.
(b) One Hundred.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) None.

3. How does the little prince reveal that he might be from another planet?
(a) He asks the pilot, "Which is your planet?"
(b) He asks, "Why is the sky blue?"
(c) He asks, "What lives beyond the sands?"
(d) He asks, "May I be taken to the queen?"

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

5. What is the businessman doing when the prince first comes across him?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Counting the stars.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter III, what does the little prince like about the box that the pilot has drawn?

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

4. In the first line of Chapter I, the narrator mentions a book he once saw. What was the name of that book?

5. Why does the little prince weed his planet every morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is of great consequence to the businessman, and what is of great consequence to the little prince?

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

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