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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the desert, what is the pilot's primary worry?
(a) That nightfall will never come.
(b) That someone will steal his plane.
(c) That the prince is not trustworthy.
(d) That he has very little drinking water left.

3. What did the adults think the child's drawing looked like?
(a) A hat.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A tapeworm.
(d) A frightening monster.

4. From his perch on the mountain, what does the little prince think of the world?
(a) That is it a magnificent and noble place.
(b) That is is quite exciting and glorious.
(c) That it is dangerous and dark.
(d) That it is all together dry, pointed, harsh, and forbidding.

5. According to the pilot in Chapter IV, what are grownups mostly interested in?
(a) Controlling everyone all the time.
(b) Things that can be counted, like money and years of age.
(c) Butterflies and feelings.
(d) They are no longer interested in anything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the little prince do so that he can see the maximum number of sunsets on his planet?

3. How many asteroid planets does the little prince visit in total?

4. How does the author use light imagery in the chapter about trains?

5. What does the little prince tell the businessman that he owns?

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