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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lamplighter says a day on his planet is how long?
(a) One minute.
(b) One year.
(c) A hundred years.
(d) One day.

2. How does the fox define the word "tame"?
(a) It means to eliminate all resistance.
(b) It means to be nice.
(c) It means to break someone down.
(d) It means to establish ties.

3. Where does the little prince find the fox?
(a) Under the apple tree.
(b) Eating roses.
(c) Chasing some chickens.
(d) In his own imagination.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

5. Why does the fox want to be tamed?

(see the answer key)

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