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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?
(a) Three strides.
(b) None. It is a one-dimensional flat planet.
(c) Forty four strides.
(d) One long stride and one short stride.

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

3. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?
(a) Everyone is tame on the little prince's planet.
(b) There are no problems there.
(c) There is room to roam.
(d) There are no hunters there.

4. 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 businessman.
(d) The lamplighter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

2. Why does the fox want to be tamed?

3. What is the pilot working on that he thinks will help him get out of the desert?

4. What is unique about the fifth planet, the lamplighter's planet?

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

(see the answer key)

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