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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the pilot asked to draw by the little prince?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A box.
(c) A portrait of the little prince.
(d) The plane crash.

2. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?
(a) The sky god.
(b) A black snake.
(c) An eagle.
(d) An echo.

3. How old was the narrator of this book when he gave up his magnificent painting career?
(a) He never gave it up.
(b) Ninety nine years old.
(c) Fifty years old.
(d) Six years old.

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

5. Why does the pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?
(a) It does not look like other wells of the Sahara. It is like the well in a village.
(b) It is made of silver and gold.
(c) It is in a place where no water should be.
(d) Because he cannot touch it.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his own planet, what does the little prince use the extinct volcano for?

2. When he emerges from the desert, where does the little prince go?

3. What is another word that the translator might have used instead of tippler?

4. Who is the scholar that discovers the little prince's planet?

5. If all humanity were to stand upright and crowd together how much space would they take up, according to Chapter XVII?

(see the answer key)

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