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

2. Who hoists the bucket up from the bottom of the well to the surface?
(a) The snake.
(b) The pilot.
(c) The woman by the well.
(d) The little prince.

3. 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) In Washington, D.C.
(c) At the North and South pole.
(d) Underground.

4. What word is used to describe the great pageant of the lamplighters around the world, taking turns to bring light into the darkness?
(a) Boring.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Magnificent.

5. What do the flowers in the rose garden remind him of?
(a) They remind him of his mother and how much she loved roses.
(b) They remind him that all flowers are silly and to be avoided.
(c) They all look like his flower.
(d) They remind him that he is afraid of thorns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The lamplighter says a day on his planet is how long?

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

4. Where does the geographer advise the little prince to visit next?

5. Describe the flower which the little prince meets in the desert.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is surprising about the well?

3. What is the lamplighter representative of?

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

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

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. When the little prince arrives on earth he immediately meets the snake. The conversation with the snake foreshadows the end of the book. Explain the use of foreshadowing. What tension does the snake's presence create?

8. 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?

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

10. For the geographer, what is of consequence?

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