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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the pilot and the little prince first meet, what time of day is it?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) High noon.
(c) It was too foggy to tell.
(d) Deepest midnight.

2. The pilot tells us that throughout his life, when he met a clear-sighted adult he would always show them what?
(a) A map of China.
(b) A golf club.
(c) His juggling skills.
(d) Drawing Number One.

3. 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.

4. What does the conceited man want?
(a) Money.
(b) To be admired.
(c) Something to eat.
(d) A hat.

5. What word is used to describe the great pageant of the lamplighters around the world, taking turns to bring light into the darkness?
(a) Boring.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Magnificent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the adults think the child's drawing looked like?

2. How does the geographer define ephemeral?

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

4. What does Antoine de Saint-Exupery call The Land of Tears"?

5. How far are the pilot and the little prince from civilization in Chapter II?

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