Packet 7: Tossup 9

This character meets a man occupied by “matters of consequence” and refers to him as a “mushroom.” (15[1])People refuse to believe the detection of this character’s home due to the discoverer’s Turkish costume. (15[4])This character (15[2]-5[1])meets a businessman (15[2])who (-5[1])is (15[1])busy counting (15[2])the 500 million (15[2]-5[1])stars (15[1])he claims (15[2])to own. (15[5])This (15[1])character (15[1])heats (15[2])his (15[2])breakfast with (15[1])(*) volcanoes and falls in love with a thorny (10[1])rose. The author’s own experience (10[1])as an aviator inspired a narrator (10[2])who meets this character (10[1])after crash landing (10[1])in the Sahara (10[1])desert. (10[2])The asteroid B-612 (10[1])is home to, (10[1])for 10 points, what title royal (-5[1])of a work by (10[1])Antoine de Saint-Exupéry? ■END■ (10[3])

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