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

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

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

4. Why does the pilot get so cross with the little prince in Chapter II?
(a) The little prince is very lazy and sleeps all day.
(b) The little prince keeps running off.
(c) The pilot is trying to fix his engine and the little prince keeps asking him about inconsequential things.
(d) The little prince won't get the pilot a glass of water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the plane crash happen?

2. The little prince is not impressed with what the businessman owns. What reason does he give for his disdain?

3. What is the tippler ashamed of?

4. How many drawings did the child make?

5. What does the little prince love to watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. In a fable everything is symbolic. What is the symbolism of the desert as the central place in the story?

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

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

8. The last line of Chapter 9 is "She was such a proud flower." Pride is a theme through out the book. Give some other examples of pride.

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

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

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