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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 little prince's plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?
(a) To clone himself and colonize other planets across the galaxy.
(b) To bring sheep to his planet, so they can eat young baobab bushes.
(c) To plant a great garden which would feed all his people.
(d) To lasso his planet and bring it closer to earth.

2. How does the author use light imagery in the chapter about trains?
(a) The trains are lit from the inside with lamplight.
(b) The trains can operate in the dark as well as the light.
(c) The trains are brilliantly lit as they thunder by.
(d) The trains create sparks on the tracks that light up the night.

3. There are good and bad plants in the little prince's planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?
(a) Squash and potatoes.
(b) Beans and Corn.
(c) Sweet Peas and Violets.
(d) Roses and Radishes.

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

5. Who does the allegorical character of the pill merchant represent?
(a) The physician and his team of nurses.
(b) People who sell us things we don't need.
(c) The pharmaceutical industry.
(d) Wall street brokers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moves the pilot so much about the little prince whom he carries in his arms across the dark desert?

2. When the little prince leaves his planet, he says goodbye to the flower and goes to put her glass globe on. Why does she say she doesn't need the protection any more?

3. The little prince is proud of his flower. What is the pilot proud of?

4. Who hoists the bucket up from the bottom of the well to the surface?

5. What does the businessman think he owns?

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