The Little Prince Chapters I - IV Questions

THE LITTLE PRINCE QUESTIONS                            

ENGLISH IV

CANTU 

“In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown−ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.”

CHAPTER I

1.       Who is this book dedicated to?

2.       What do grownups see in the child’s drawing? What does he actually draw?

3.       What do the grown-ups advise the boy to lay aside and devote himself to?

4.       So, at six 6 years old, the narrator gives what up?

5.       Who narrates The Little Prince? What is he said to do in the beginning of the novel?

6.       Why might adults fail to “see” a boa constrictor digesting an elephant in the narrator’s Drawing Number 1?

7.       “Then, I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.” What does this quote reveal about the narrator and his opinion of most adults? What, specifically, does he appear to dislike about adults?

CHAPTER II

1.       At the beginning of chapter II, the narrator is now how old?

2.       What happens to him in the Sahara Desert? Why is this a matter of life and death?

3.       What does a voice ask him to do and to whom does the voice belong to?

4.       Who is responsible for the art in this novel?

5.       What’s unusual about the little man the narrator sees in the desert?

6.       What is the first thing the pilot draws to the Little Prince? Does the Little Prince recognize the drawing?

7.       Briefly describe the three sheep the pilot draws for the Little Prince? What’s special about the 3^rd sheep?

CHAPTER III

1.       Between the pilot and the Little Prince, who asks the questions and who answers them?

2.       Describe the Little Prince as the pilot describes him.

3.       What does the pilot ask the Little Prince?

4.       What does the Little Prince think is a queer idea?

5.       What does the Little Prince say about where he is from?

Chapter IV

1.       How big is the planet where the Little Prince is from?

2.       What does the pilot believe is the little planet from where the Little Prince is from?

3.       “When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Once again, what does this reveal about the pilot’s contempt of adults?

4.       “They are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown−up people. But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.” What is implied here?

5.       For I do not want any one to read my book__________. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. _____    years have already passed since my friend ______   _________ from me, with his_________. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not ___________ him.

6.       “My friend never explained anything to me. He thought, perhaps, that I was like himself. But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Perhaps I am a little like the grown−ups. I have had to grow old.” How can growing old be a bad thing?

7.       If you remember in the beginning, this book is dedicated to adults. Based on what you’ve read so far, does it appear to start making sense why this is?

CHAPTER V

1.       As each day passed I would learn, in our talk, something about the little prince's______________, his _______________from it, his________________.