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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 does the little prince decide that they should look for to quench their thirst in Chapter XXIV?
(a) Baobab trees.
(b) Death.
(c) A well.
(d) A bottle of thirst quenching pills.

2. Why does the geographer think someone who drinks too much is not a reliable source?
(a) Because he would forget to come back and give a report to the geographer.
(b) Because he would spend all his times in bars and none making maps and observations.
(c) Because he would get lost too often.
(d) Because he would see double and report two mountains where there was only one.

3. On the little prince's planet, who would speak first, himself or his flower?
(a) His flower is always the first to speak.
(b) His flower does not speak.
(c) They both talk at once, they are so excited about everything.
(d) He has to start every conversation.

4. How many flowers does the little prince meet in the desert?
(a) On the baobab tree there were three lovely flowers.
(b) About 15. They are all fighting over water.
(c) Only one.
(d) Hundreds. A vast garden of roses and lilacs.

5. Which does the narrator say there are more of on earth, geographers or conceited men?
(a) There is an even number of both.
(b) All geographers are conceited men.
(c) Conceited men.
(d) Geographers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure is near the well?

2. Who does the allegorical character of the pill merchant represent?

3. The little prince discovers a rose garden. What is it about this rose garden that makes him so sad?

4. Is the little prince interested in buying the pills?

5. Where must the snake bite the little prince?

Short Essay Questions

1. For the geographer, what is of consequence?

2. There are a great deal of numbers in this relatively short book. Why?

3. 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?

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

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

6. The flower with only three petals, who lives in the midst of a vast desert, believes that there are only six or seven men in the world. What does she represent in the story?

7. 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?

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. 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?

10. After visiting the six asteroids, the little prince has learned many things. In his last visit he seems to have regret that he has left his ephemeral flower all alone. Why doesn't he return? Why does he continue his journey?

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