Chapter 4
How big is the little prince’s planet, as described in chapter 4?
Scarcely any larger than a house.
What is a Baobab?
A very dangerous plant that can tear a tiny planet apart.
What does the little prince love to watch?
the sunsets
In the desert, what is the pilot’s primary worry?
That he has very little drinking water left.
The pilot reveals that after he becomes friends with the little prince he starts doing something again. What is it?
a drawing
What name does a human scholar give the little prince’s planet?
Asteroid B-612.
What is the little prince’s plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?
To bring sheep to his planet, so they can eat young baobab bushes.
How many times in one day does the sun set on the little prince’s planet?
44 times
What is the pilot working on that he thinks it will help him get out of the desert?
The engine of his plane
What was the soil of the little prince’s planet infested with?
terrible invisible seeds
Who is the scholar that discovers the little prince’s planet?
A Turkish astronomer who sees it only once through his telescope
There is one drawing in Chapter 5 that the pilot is very proud of. Which one is it?
A planet with three baobabs on it.
What does the little prince do so that he can see the maximum number of sunsets on his planet?
He moves his chair a few steps.
What does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?
He is not a man—he is a mushroom!
According to the author, what time is it in the United States when the sun sets over France?
Noon
What does the discoverer of the little prince’s planet do in order to be taken seriously?
He wears European clothing.
Why does the little prince weed his planet every morning?
To keep the dangerous plants (baobabs) from taking root.
Why does the little prince think the pilot can also watch a sunset anytime?
Because on his small planet, he can.
What does Antoine de Saint-Exupery call The Land of Tears?
a secret place
On the fifth day that the pilot and the little prince are together, the secret of the little prince’s life is revealed. What is that secret?
The little prince is afraid that his flower will be eaten by the sheep.
According to the pilot in Chapter 4, what are grownups mostly interested in?
Things that can be counted, like money and years of age.
There are good and bad plants in the little prince’s planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?
roses and radishes
What is the little prince feeling much recently?
The little prince often feels sad.
Why does the little prince become enraged at the pilot in Chapter 7?
Because the pilot doesn’t consider the little prince’s problem with his flower as a matter of consequence.
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