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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. When the pilot sees the snake in Chapter XXVI, what does he do?
(a) Goes for his revolver.
(b) Throws stones at it until it slithers away.
(c) Laughs it off.
(d) Runs for the hills.

2. How would the geographer be best described?
(a) A brave man who has battled his way through jungles and deserts.
(b) An intelligent man who knows how to write books.
(c) A scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.
(d) A man who has explored the whole galaxy.

3. The little prince wants the fox to play with him. What does the fox say?
(a) "I do not like humans. They are always shooting at me."
(b) "I cannot play with you. I am not tamed."
(c) "I have too many serious things to do. I have no time to play."
(d) "I must be on my way. You are distracting me."

4. On his own planet, what does the little prince use the extinct volcano for?
(a) An oven.
(b) A landmark to find his way home.
(c) It is useless, so he doesn't use it at all.
(d) A footstool.

5. How many kings are on earth, according to the pilot?
(a) 16.
(b) 111.
(c) Thousands upon thousands.
(d) Too many.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The switchman is a person whose actions do have consequences. In that way he is different from the other adult archetypes. How is he similar?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. How does the shift of perception come to completion in the relationship between the fox and the little prince?

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

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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