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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word that the translator might have used instead of tippler?
(a) Boozer or lush.
(b) Big Tipper.
(c) Antique collector.
(d) Jolly Fellow.

2. Why does the pilot decide not to draw his airplane in the book?
(a) It is invisible and has no shape.
(b) It is a secret design.
(c) He has no pencil.
(d) It is much too complicated.

3. On the first asteroid planet he visits, why can't the prince sit down?
(a) The king forbids it.
(b) The king's ermine robe is covering the entire planet.
(c) He is afraid he will fall asleep and stay there forever.
(d) There are no chairs.

4. The visit to the planet of the tippler plunged the little prince into what?
(a) A big vat of beer.
(b) Deep dejection.
(c) A happy, but content time of his life.
(d) Intense study of wine and how it is made.

5. What does the prince's flower have a horror of?
(a) Growing old.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Competition.
(d) Drafts.

6. Who says, "Where I live everything is very small"?
(a) The little prince.
(b) The snake.
(c) The ant.
(d) The sheep.

7. What time of day does the prince's beautiful flower first bloom?
(a) In dark of night.
(b) In the heat of midday.
(c) In the cool of the evening.
(d) Exactly at sunrise.

8. What is the pilot working on that he thinks will help him get out of the desert?
(a) A book about geography.
(b) A map showing the way out of the desert.
(c) The engine of his plane.
(d) Making paper airplanes.

9. Why does the laughter of the little prince annoy the pilot so much?
(a) The prince has a very loud obnoxious laugh.
(b) The pilot likes his misfortunes to be taken seriously.
(c) The prince never stops laughing.
(d) The pilot has no sense of humor.

10. What does the little prince tell the businessman that he owns?
(a) Time.
(b) A thousand planets.
(c) A flower and three volcanoes.
(d) A knowledge of the stars.

11. How many people were on the plane when it crashes?
(a) All the people who were on the plane.
(b) Four.
(c) Only one.
(d) Two.

12. What name does a human scholar give little prince's planet?
(a) Turkey.
(b) The Star that is Beyond.
(c) Astroid B-612.
(d) Little Kingdom of Rose.

13. What is a Baobab?
(a) A big jelly-like monster that moves like a slug.
(b) A creature that chases sheep and goats all day long.
(c) A happy king who treats his subjects well.
(d) A very dangerous plant that can tear a tiny planet apart.

14. The prince's flower has a personality. She is ...
(a) Extremely helpful and thoughtful.
(b) Vain and demanding.
(c) Sweet and cheerful.
(d) Very worldly and intellectual.

15. Why does the little prince think he can watch a sunset anytime?
(a) He thinks he can command the sunset to appear.
(b) He is a demanding person.
(c) Because on his small planet, he can.
(d) He lives in a world of wishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pilot tells us that throughout his life, when he met a clear-sighted adult he would always show them what?

2. The pilot gives the little prince something that the little prince greatly treasures and which he keeps it in his pocket. What is it?

3. The six-year-old child gave up being an artist and chose to become what?

4. What does the conceited man want to be admired as?

5. How does the little prince reveal that he might be from another planet?

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