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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the flower in the desert think men are hard to find?
(a) They are afraid of flowers.
(b) The wind blows them away.
(c) They live underground.
(d) They have all left and now live on far moons.

2. What is the tippler surrounded by?
(a) Empty bottles and full bottles.
(b) Friends and companions.
(c) Cups.
(d) Musical instruments.

3. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?
(a) The desert is a good place to die.
(b) There is no hope in the desert, all is lost.
(c) The desert is beautiful.
(d) The desert is like the stars, full of pieces that cannot be understood.

4. On his planet what does the little prince heat his breakfast on?
(a) He eats his breakfast cold.
(b) Either one of his two active volcanoes.
(c) The heat of the nearby sun.
(d) A large cookstove.

5. How would the geographer be best described?
(a) An intelligent man who knows how to write books.
(b) A scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.
(c) A man who has explored the whole galaxy.
(d) A brave man who has battled his way through jungles and deserts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drinks from the well first?

2. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?

3. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?

4. How small is the planet where the prince comes from, as described in Chapter III?

5. What does the railway switchmen think of children?

(see the answer key)

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