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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?
(a) That the prince is not trustworthy.
(b) That someone will steal his plane.
(c) That he has very little drinking water left.
(d) That nightfall will never come.

3. 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?
(a) The little prince is afraid that he will die of thirst.
(b) The little prince is actually a lost child from a nearby village.
(c) The little prince is afraid that his flower will be eaten by the sheep.
(d) The little prince is the spirit of the desert.

4. What does the little prince tell the fox he is looking for?
(a) A way to escape his responsibilities.
(b) Friends.
(c) A way to go back home.
(d) Answers to life's questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The little prince wants the fox to play with him. What does the fox say?

3. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

4. How does the fox define the word "tame"?

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?

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