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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 imagery of water is used in "The Little Prince" to represent the life-giving force, whether it is physical or spiritual. What then does this thirst-quenching pill represent?
(a) Progress in problem solving.
(b) The great advances of technology.
(c) The way we falsely feed our thirst with things that do not give us life.
(d) The power of science.

2. What do the children on the trains waste their time over?
(a) Nothing. They are all quite efficient.
(b) A rag doll.
(c) Wanting to get their parent's attention.
(d) Spilled milk.

3. After arriving on the earth and meeting his first earth creature, what does the little prince do?
(a) He gives up and goes home.
(b) He makes a map of the desert.
(c) He crosses the desert.
(d) He find the pilot.

4. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?
(a) On a small island out in the Pacific Ocean.
(b) At the North and South pole.
(c) Underground.
(d) In Washington, D.C.

5. How does the geographer define ephemeral?
(a) "Inside eternal beings."
(b) "In danger of speedy disappearance."
(c) "In the area of fumeral springs."
(d) "Hard to quantify."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many thirst-quenching pills would one need in order to feel full of liquid, according to Chapter XXIII?

2. What does the first creature the prince meets on earth say he is more powerful than?

3. Why does the flower in the desert think men are hard to find?

4. How many days have the pilot and little prince been together when the pilot drinks the last of his water supply?

5. How does the little prince feel when he first arrives on the earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. The little prince does not have the kind of thirst which the pilot has; what kind of thirst does the little prince have?

2. What is the significance of the mountains in Chapter XIX being so very tall?

3. When the end is near, the pilot has no more water to drink and the little prince has found what he was looking for, a remarkable thing happens. What is different about the search for the well? What happens on this stage of the journey that is new?

4. The little prince has learned that what is essential is invisible. How does he apply this to the mad scene of trains rushing this way and that?

5. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?

6. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?

7. What does the geographer represent?

8. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?

9. What does the little prince face on earth?

10. What is the lamplighter representative of?

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