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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times in one day does the sun set on the little prince's planet?
(a) 40 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 44 times.
(d) 400 times.

2. How does the little prince reveal that he might be from another planet?
(a) He asks the pilot, "Which is your planet?"
(b) He asks, "Why is the sky blue?"
(c) He asks, "May I be taken to the queen?"
(d) He asks, "What lives beyond the sands?"

3. What does the conceited man want?
(a) Something to eat.
(b) A hat.
(c) To be admired.
(d) Money.

4. The pilot (as a child) drew an animal eating another animal. What was being eaten?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A rat.
(d) A zebra.

5. The pilot gives the little prince something that the little prince greatly treasures and which he keeps it in his pocket. What is it?
(a) A magic wand.
(b) A star chart.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) The pilot's drawing of a sheep in a box with air holes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what time is it in the United States when the sun is setting over France?

2. What was the soil of the little prince's planet infested with?

3. What time of day does the prince's beautiful flower first bloom?

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

5. The pilot has to make quite a few drawings before the little prince is satisfied. What picture satisfies him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator keep showing his drawing to adults throughout his life?

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

4. What does the little prince learn from the conceited man?

5. What does the airplane symbolize?

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

7. 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?

8. What is of great consequence to the businessman, and what is of great consequence to the little prince?

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

10. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?

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