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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the fifth planet, the lamplighter's planet?
(a) It is made of soft rubber.
(b) It is the smallest.
(c) There are so many people running around and singing.
(d) It is spinning at an incredible rate.

2. What does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?
(a) "He is not a man--he is a mushroom!"
(b) "He should be ashamed of himself!"
(c) "He is a terrible excuse for a human being!"
(d) "He clearly has high blood pressure and should soon explode!"

3. What does Antoine de Saint-Exupery call The Land of Tears"?
(a) A secret place.
(b) A no-man's land.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) A desert.

4. What is the pilot working on that he thinks will help him get out of the desert?
(a) A map showing the way out of the desert.
(b) Making paper airplanes.
(c) A book about geography.
(d) The engine of his plane.

5. Of all the people the little prince meets on the asteroids, he only likes one. Which one does he think he could be friends with?
(a) None of them. He hates them all.
(b) The king.
(c) The lamplighter.
(d) The businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the little prince find the fox?

2. Why does the little prince become enraged at the pilot in Chapter VII?

3. The lamplighter says a day on his planet is how long?

4. Why does the fox want to be tamed?

5. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?

(see the answer key)

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