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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 does the conceited man want?
2. What does the conceited man want to be admired as?
3. What is a Baobab?
4. When the pilot and the little prince first meet, what time of day is it?
5. What should a person who flies planes study, according to the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is of great consequence to the businessman, and what is of great consequence to the little prince?
2. In Chapter V, the little prince reveals what problem he is facing on his home planet. What is it?
3. What is symbolic about the pilot making drawings in Chapter II?
4. The narrator of the book is introduced in Chapter 1. He is not an anonymous narrator but a character in the story. What does the first chapter reveal about him?
5. Why do the inhabitants of these six asteroids have no given names? Why are they "types"?
6. In Chapter VII, the pilot says "the secret of the little prince's life was revealed to me." What is that secret?
7. The asteroid that the little prince lives on was seen by whom?
8. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?
9. What does the airplane symbolize?
10. What does the pilot offer to give the little prince for his sheep? Why does the little prince reject his offer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This book is considered to be a fable. A fable is a story with a moral, a message in it. What is one of the major messages/morals of this book?
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
A major theme of this book is friendship. The fox uses the term "tame" to describe being tied to another person or creature. What is the process of taming and how is this theme woven through the book?
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