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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drinks from the well first?
(a) The litle prince. This is the water he was thirsty for.
(b) The pilot, he is near death.
(c) They drink together, they are so thirsty they cannot wait.
(d) The water is not real. Neither of them drink.

2. According to the switchman, what are the adults in the trains pursuing?
(a) Each other.
(b) Getting to their destination first.
(c) Nothing at all.
(d) Money and fame.

3. The morning after the plane crash, when the narrator wakes up, who is standing there?
(a) The little prince.
(b) A flock of sheep.
(c) His long lost cousin.
(d) An angel.

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

5. What does the narrator think of adults?
(a) They are mean.
(b) They don't have much imagination.
(c) They are too tall.
(d) They wear nice neckties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the great pageant of the lamplighters around the world, taking turns to bring light into the darkness?

2. What is the businessman doing when the prince first comes across him?

3. There are good and bad plants in the little prince's planet. What seeds are mentioned as good ones?

4. How many people live on the conceited man's planet?

5. Why does the pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?

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