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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antoine de Saint-Exupery call The Land of Tears"?
(a) A desert.
(b) A no-man's land.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) A secret place.

2. Why does the fox want to be tamed?
(a) He likes the little prince and thinks he would be fun to hang out with.
(b) His life is very boring and monotonous. Being tamed will be like the sun shining on his life.
(c) He is trying to trick the little prince. He actually does not want to be tamed.
(d) He thinks the little prince will feed him chickens if he is tame, and his life will be much easier.

3. What is the pilot working on that he thinks will help him get out of the desert?
(a) Making paper airplanes.
(b) The engine of his plane.
(c) A map showing the way out of the desert.
(d) A book about geography.

4. What does the little prince call the red-faced gentleman who is the businessman?
(a) "He is a terrible excuse for a human being!"
(b) "He should be ashamed of himself!"
(c) "He is not a man--he is a mushroom!"
(d) "He clearly has high blood pressure and should soon explode!"

5. 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 afraid that he will die of thirst.
(d) The little prince is actually a lost child from a nearby village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little prince tell the fox he is looking for?

2. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?

3. Where does the little prince find the fox?

4. 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?

5. What is on the lamplighter's planet?

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