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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Baobab?
(a) A happy king who treats his subjects well.
(b) A big jelly-like monster that moves like a slug.
(c) A very dangerous plant that can tear a tiny planet apart.
(d) A creature that chases sheep and goats all day long.

2. The pilot gives the little prince something that the little prince greatly treasures and which he keeps it in his pocket. What is it?
(a) A magic wand.
(b) The pilot's drawing of a sheep in a box with air holes.
(c) A star chart.
(d) A glass of water.

3. On the first asteroid planet he visits, why can't the prince sit down?
(a) The king forbids it.
(b) There are no chairs.
(c) The king's ermine robe is covering the entire planet.
(d) He is afraid he will fall asleep and stay there forever.

4. There is one drawing in Chapter V that the pilot is very proud of. Which one is it?
(a) A family eating dinner on a boat.
(b) A great canyon with a river snaking through it.
(c) A planet with three baobabs on it.
(d) A landscape of the desert.

5. The six-year-old child gave up being an artist and chose to become what?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A gardener.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A zoo keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should a person who flies planes study, according to the narrator?

2. What does the conceited man want to be admired as?

3. How many men does the flower think there are on earth?

4. In the first line of Chapter I, the narrator mentions a book he once saw. What was the name of that book?

5. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?

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