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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 pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?
(a) It is made of silver and gold.
(b) It is in a place where no water should be.
(c) Because he cannot touch it.
(d) It does not look like other wells of the Sahara. It is like the well in a village.

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

3. What is the final drawing which the little prince requests from the pilot?
(a) A better rendition of the baobab trees.
(b) A self-portrait.
(c) The desert in moonlight.
(d) A muzzle for the little prince's sheep.

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

5. Why does the fox want to be tamed?
(a) His life is very boring and monotonous. Being tamed will be like the sun shining on his life.
(b) He thinks the little prince will feed him chickens if he is tame, and his life will be much easier.
(c) He likes the little prince and thinks he would be fun to hang out with.
(d) He is trying to trick the little prince. He actually does not want to be tamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which does the narrator say there are more of on earth, geographers or conceited men?

2. When the pilot sees the snake in Chapter XXVI, what does he do?

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

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

5. What is the first creature the little prince meets on earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How is the flower in the desert like the flower back on the little prince's planet?

4. 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?

5. What is surprising about the well?

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

7. 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?

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

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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