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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) A bottle of thirst quenching pills.
(c) Death.
(d) A well.

2. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?
(a) Have a big party for all the people on his planet.
(b) Invent electricity.
(c) Travel to far away places.
(d) Rest.

3. What does the little prince believe that the desert hides?
(a) Snakes that can kill.
(b) A well.
(c) The secret of eternal youth.
(d) A home for the ages.

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) Wall street brokers.
(d) The pharmaceutical industry.

5. How many roses are in the garden that the little prince discovers?
(a) More than ten.
(b) Five thousand.
(c) Three.
(d) Five hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the fox define the word "tame"?

2. At what time of day does the pilot find the well?

3. Of all the people the little prince meets on the asteroids, he only likes one. Which one does he think he could be friends with?

4. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?

5. How many kings are on earth, according to the pilot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?

3. What is the lamplighter representative of?

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

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. 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?

7. Why is the little prince overcome with sadness as he stands in the entrance to the grand rose garden?

8. 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?

9. What does the geographer represent?

10. What does the little prince face on earth?

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