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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. What is a Baobab?

2. When the little prince decides to leave the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits, what does the king do?

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. Who is the scholar that discovers the little prince's planet?

5. What name does a human scholar give little prince's planet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is the tippler different than the other types? The others are all behaving a certain way but the tippler is escaping from himself by drinking. Why is he included?

3. 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?

4. What does the little prince's flower represent in this fable?

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

6. In a fable everything is symbolic. What is the symbolism of the desert as the central place in the story?

7. The author uses light throughout the book to evoke an emotional tone. What does the sunset evoke?

8. In Chapter V, the little prince reveals what problem he is facing on his home planet. What is it?

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

10. Why is the little prince so fond of sunsets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The little prince leaves his world. Why does he do this? What is the reason that he decides to leave the place where he belongs? He loves the flower, why does he abandon her? Write an essay on why the little prince must embark upon a journey.

Essay Topic 2

In The Little Prince none of the characters are given regular names. They are all identified by a title. This is a very common practice in fables. Why is a fable about types of characters and not specific individuals?

Essay Topic 3

The fox and snake are common animals in fiction, and especially in fables.

1) What does each of these creatures represent?

2) How have foxes and humans interacted over the course of history that might have influenced the way we use their images in stories?

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