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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. If all humanity were to stand upright and crowd together how much space would they take up, according to Chapter XVII?
(a) They would fill all of Africa and Asia.
(b) One public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide.
(c) They could be placed in the branches of one baobab tree.
(d) The state of Texas.

2. Is the little prince interested in buying the pills?
(a) Yes. He thinks they will be a good investment and produce income.
(b) Yes. He thinks his flower will enjoy not having to be watered.
(c) Yes. He is taking them with him as he goes back to the desert.
(d) No. He would rather use the time to walk towards a spring of fresh water.

3. How many thirst-quenching pills would one need in order to feel full of liquid, according to Chapter XXIII?
(a) One pill a week.
(b) One pill an hour.
(c) Take two pills and call the doctor in the morning.
(d) Take two pills whenever you feel thirsty.

4. Who does the allegorical character of the pill merchant represent?
(a) The physician and his team of nurses.
(b) People who sell us things we don't need.
(c) The pharmaceutical industry.
(d) Wall street brokers.

5. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A black snake.
(c) An echo.
(d) The sky god.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?

2. Who drinks from the well first?

3. What does the first creature the prince meets on earth offer the little prince?

4. What does the little prince decide that they should look for to quench their thirst in Chapter XXIV?

5. The little prince wants the fox to play with him. What does the fox say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is surprising about the well?

2. What is the lamplighter representative of?

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

4. How is the shift of perception, the growth and movement of the protagonist, set in to motion in the chapter where the little prince discovers the rose garden?

5. Water is used as a metaphor for life giving wisdom. What then is the critique that the author is making about modern day society in the story about the merchant who sells thirst-quenching pills?

6. What is the little prince's mountaintop experience like and how does it change him?

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

8. As the little prince faces his appointment with the snake, what is he feeling?

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

10. One of the major themes of the book is child vs. adult. What in the description of the earth sets the stage for this tension?

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