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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it hard to learn where the little prince came from?
(a) He never seems to hear the questions asked of him.
(b) He doesn't know where he is from.
(c) He is a spy.
(d) He speaks only Russian.

2. How does the little prince feel when he first arrives on the earth?
(a) Victorious and confident.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Very happy.
(d) Finally at peace.

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

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

5. Why does the little prince laugh at the notion of the airplane falling from the sky?
(a) He is only laughing because he is very nervous.
(b) Because he is thinking of something else.
(c) Because he also fell from the sky. It is a great coincidence.
(d) Because he is a very mean little boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which does the narrator say there are more of on earth, geographers or conceited men?

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

4. How many roses are in the garden that the little prince discovers?

5. Why is the flower not afraid of large animals?

(see the answer key)

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