The Little Prince

Where does the narrator’s plane crash?

• • In the Amazon rainforest

• • In the Sahara desert

• • In the Sahara desert

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    On an unnamed island

What is the first thing the little prince asks of the pilot?

• To help him find the snake

• To listen to the story of the fox

• • To draw him a sheep

• To draw a picture of the baobabs

Why does the narrator make note of the name and astronomical history of the little prince’s home planet?

• Because he feels such details are vital to our understanding of the little prince

• As a sign of respect for modern science

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    Because the little prince asked him to

• To relate to grown-ups, who view the world in a quantitative way

What drawing does the narrator say he worked especially hard on?

• The little prince

• The fox

• • The baobabs

• The Saharan landscape

Whom does the little prince love?

• Baobabs

• A rose

• A geographer

• A lamplighter

Why does the discovery of the rose garden make the little prince sad?

• • He discovers he is allergic to roses

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    He realizes he fell in love too quickly

• He sees how ugly roses really are

• • He learns that his rose is not the only rose in the universe

According to the fox, what makes the prince’s rose so important?

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    Her four thorns can serve as weapons

• Her unmatchable beauty

• • The time the prince has spent caring for her

• The rose loves him back

After talking with the little prince, what does the pilot realize makes the desert beautiful?

• • It hides a well somewhere

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    The grains of sand glitter like the stars in the sky

• There are no grown-ups around to dirty it

• Death is always beautiful

What does the narrator say is most important to him in the story’s final chapter?

• Whether the prince’s flower still has thorns

• • Whether the sheep has eaten the prince’s rose

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    Who actually owns all the stars in the universe

• • Whether the little prince is alive

On his planet, what does the little prince place over the rose at night?

• A screen

• • A warm hat

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    A warm blanket

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    A glass jar