The Little Prince

I. Arrange the plot. Write A-I.

__B___ 1. The Fox says that he cannot play because he is not tamed.
____D_2. The Little Prince tames the fox and they become friends.
___E__3. The Prince decides to go, this makes the Fox really sad.
___G__4. The Fox instructs the Prince to visit the rose garden.
___H__5. The Prince realizes that his rose looks like all other roses but is unique and special in
all the world.
_A____6. The Little Prince meets the Fox and asked the Fox to play with him.
___C__7. The Fox teaches the Little Prince the process of taming.
____F_8. The Fox said that he does not regret getting tamed although the Prince is leaving.
___ I__9. The Fox tells the Little Prince his secret.

II. Identify the speaker.

________ 10. “I’m looking for friends. What does that mean – tame?”
________ 11. “Nothing is perfect.”
________ 12. “Those also are actions too often neglected.”
________ 13. “I’ve friends to discover and a great many things to understand.”
________ 14. “Then it has done you no good at all.”
________ 15. “It would be better to come back at the same hour.”
________ 16. “It’s the time that you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so
important.”
________ 17. “I have no need of you and you on your part have no need of me.”
________ 18. “It is for her that I’ve killed the caterpillars because it is she that I’ve listened to.”
________ 19. “Goodbye,” and now here’s my secret, a very simple secret.”

III. Fill in the blanks.

20. You become responsible ______________ for what you have tamed.
21. You’ll understand that yours is __________ in all the world.
22. “I’m right here under the ______________.”
23. “It means to ______________ ties.”
24. “You’re beautiful but you are ______________.”
25-27. “It is only with the _________ that one can see rightly; what is _____________ is
invisible to the ___________.”

IV. ESSAY
28-30 Explain the meaning of “rite” or “ritual” in the relationship of the characters. Is this rite
important? Why or why not?

31-35 Do you think you have tamed or have been tamed by another? Write about it.