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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 geographer refuse to record the little prince's flower?

2. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?

3. How does the fox define the word "tame"?

4. When he emerges from the desert, where does the little prince go?

5. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?

3. When the end is near, the pilot has no more water to drink and the little prince has found what he was looking for, a remarkable thing happens. What is different about the search for the well? What happens on this stage of the journey that is new?

4. What is the significance of the mountains in Chapter XIX being so very tall?

5. One of the major themes of the book is child vs. adult. What in the description of the earth sets the stage for this tension?

6. For the geographer, what is of consequence?

7. What does the little prince face on earth?

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

9. Why is the little prince overcome with sadness as he stands in the entrance to the grand rose garden?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author of The Little Princ" both wrote the words and illustrated the book. His illustrations are very childlike.

1) Why is this important? Why didn't he get someone to illustrate the book with color photographs, charts and maps?

2) What effect do these simple drawings have on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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