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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. Why does the little prince weed his planet every morning?

2. 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?

3. What does the little prince do so that he can see the maximum number of sunsets on his planet?

4. What does the businessman think he owns?

5. What is the pilot asked to draw by the little prince?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the inhabitants of these six asteroids have no given names? Why are they "types"?

2. 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?

3. What does the pilot offer to give the little prince for his sheep? Why does the little prince reject his offer?

4. The narrator observes that adults are mostly interested in different things than children are drawn to. What are some of the things the narrator notes about the interests of adults vs. the interests of children?

5. The little prince wants to help the tippler. Why is he unable to help?

6. In Chapter VII, the pilot says "the secret of the little prince's life was revealed to me." What is that secret?

7. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?

8. Why are the chapters of this book so short?

9. This book was written in French. What are some of the challenge of translating a book from one language into the next?

10. Why doesn't the little prince answer questions that the pilot asks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of all the planets that the little prince visits there is one where he finds a person he might like to be friends with. The lamplighter is different from the other adult types.

1) What sets the lamplighter apart from the other men?

2) What is it that the lamplighter and the little prince have in common?

Essay Topic 2

Both the pilot and the little prince drink from the well but they are drinking to quench different thirsts. For the pilot, his life depends upon finding some drinking water. Without it he will die of thirst. What is the little prince seeking? What does he need from the well?

Essay Topic 3

Some would call The Little Prince a child's book and others would say it is for adults. Develop an argument for both ways.

Why is it a children's book? What is the author trying to say to children?

Why is it an adult book? What is the author trying to say to adults?

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