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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the narrator of The Little Prince?
2. What did the child ask the adults when he showed them the picture?
3. On the fifth day that the pilot and the little prince are together, the secret of the little prince's life is revealed. What is that secret?
4. According to the author, what time is it in the United States when the sun is setting over France?
5. What is the little prince feeling much of the time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is symbolic about the pilot making drawings in Chapter II?
2. Why does the author of The Little Prince begin this book with a drawing?
3. What does the little prince's flower represent in this fable?
4. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?
5. When the little prince is leaving his planet, he goes to put the glass globe over the flower. She says no. Why does she decide to go without this protection?
6. What is the meaning of the title The Little Prince?
7. Why is the little prince so fond of sunsets?
8. Why do the inhabitants of these six asteroids have no given names? Why are they "types"?
9. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?
10. Why does the narrator keep showing his drawing to adults throughout his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
No one in the story seems to have any human companions. The characters live alone and are defined by the objects that surround them. (For example, the pilot is defined by his plane. The switchman by his trains.) What atmosphere does this create and how does the story of the pilot and the little prince fit in this solitary world?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the little prince leave his planet in Chapter IX? What is he running from? What is he hoping to find on his journey?
Essay Topic 3
The fox says, "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." What does the fox mean by this? Is this an important statement in the book? Write an essay which supports the idea that this line is a central message of the book.
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