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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. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?
(a) The desert is beautiful.
(b) The desert is a good place to die.
(c) The desert is like the stars, full of pieces that cannot be understood.
(d) There is no hope in the desert, all is lost.

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. From his perch on the mountain, what does the little prince think of the world?
(a) That it is dangerous and dark.
(b) That is it a magnificent and noble place.
(c) That it is all together dry, pointed, harsh, and forbidding.
(d) That is is quite exciting and glorious.

4. How does the little prince feel when he first arrives on the earth?
(a) Very happy.
(b) Victorious and confident.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Finally at peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the railway switchmen think of children?

4. How many men does the flower think there are on earth?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the geographer represent?

5. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?

6. For the geographer, what is of consequence?

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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