A Little Princess

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Sara’s father want her to attend school in England?

A) Sara has expressed a desire to do so.

B) The climate in India is not healthy for children.

C) He doesn’t want her to be his “Little Missus” anymore.

D) Miss Minchin’s seminary is better than those in India.

2. What makes Miss Minchin think that Sara needs to learn French?

A) Miss Minchin assumes that Sara’s father has hired the French maid to teach Sara French.

B) Miss Minchin is fluent in French and believes everyone should know the language.

C) Sara tells Monsieur DuFarge she hasn’t learned French from books.

D) Monsieur DuFarge encourages Sara to study the French language. 

3. Why does Ermengarde ask Sara to be her best friend?

A) Ermengarde hopes the other girls will also want to play with Sara.

B) Ermengarde thinks Sara is clever and different.

C) Sara offers to help Ermengarde with her lessons.

D) Sara has a doll that Ermengarde wants to play with.

4. Why does Lavinia dislike Sara?

A) Lavinia is jealous that Lottie likes Sara better than Lavinia.

B) Sara has taken Lavinia’s place as the best-dressed girl at the school.

C) Sara is a gossip and tells false stories about Lavinia.

D) Lavinia is jealous of Sara’s popularity with the younger girls.

5. What does Sara tell Becky about their different positions in life?

A) She tells Becky that her poverty is only temporary.

B) She tells Becky that stories should belong to everyone.

C) She tells Becky that everything happens for a reason.

D) She tells Becky it is only an accident that Sara is a princess and Becky is a scullery maid.

6. What does Sara tell Lavinia about why Sara pretends to be a princess?

A) Pretending to be a princess helps her do her lessons better.

B) Pretending to be a princess helps her get along with Miss Minchin.

C) Pretending to be a princess helps her to behave like one.

D) Pretending to be a princess helps her get along with Jessie.

7. What does Becky tell Sara about being a princess after Sara’s father dies?

A) That Sara is just like Becky now

B) That Sara will always be a princess

C) That Becky and Sara will both always be princesses

D) That Becky will continue to be Sara’s servant

8. What does Sara imagine about her room in the attic?

A) That she is a prisoner in the Bastille, and Miss Minchin is her jailer

B) That it is a palace full of beautiful things

C) That Melchisedec is a prince who will rescue her

D) That a secret friend will magically improve the room

9. Why does Donald from the “Large Family” give Sara the sixpence?

A) He wants to do something kind at Christmas.

B) His older sisters tell him Sara is secretly a princess.

C) His older sisters tell him that Sara will feel grateful to him.

D) He wants to both give and receive Christmas gifts.  

10. Why is Sara happy to see someone moving into the house next door?

A) Because the new owner has a pet monkey

B) Because the new owner has a Buddha statue

C) Because she is acquainted with the new owner

D) Because the new owner’s furnishings remind her of home

11. What does Jesse say about Sara after Miss Minchin boxes Sara’s ears?

A) That Sara should have apologized to Miss Minchin

B) That Sara deserved to have her ears boxed

C) That Miss Minchin would be sorry if Sara really were a princess

D) That she wouldn’t be surprised if Sara turned out to be something special

12. Why does Sara give away most of her buns?

A) Because a princess always shares with someone poorer than herself

B) Because a princess always eats slowly and carefully

C) Because she hopes the shopkeeper will adopt the starving girl

D) Because she feels guilty for using the coin she found in the street

13. Why does Ram Dass concoct his plan to transform Sara’s room?

A) He wants Sara to know that Mr. Carrisford is from India. 

B) He thinks Sara is the missing girl whom Mr. Carrisford seeks.

C) He thinks his plan for Sara will raise Mr. Carrisford’s spirits.

D) He wants Sara and her friends to have their party.

14. Why does Ermengarde not realize that Sara has been starving?

A) Ermengarde is more concerned about Becky.

B) Sara has never talked about being hungry.

C) Ermengarde has been bringing Sara food.

D) Ram Dass has been bringing Sara food.

15. Why does Miss Minchin want Sara to come back to the seminary?

A) She has always secretly liked Sara.

B) She is suspicious of Mr. Carrisford.

C) She wants Sara back now that Sara has money again.

D) She is forced by her sister to take Sara back.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Why is it so important to Sara to always behave like a princess?

2. Why was Sara shocked and dismayed to be mistaken for a beggar by little Donald?

3. Why wasn’t Mr. Carrisford able to find Sara right away after her father died?