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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Boggis place close to the Fox family's hole in hopes that they will emerge?
(a) Hot fudge sundaes.
(b) Hot link sausages.
(c) Hot chocolate.
(d) Hot chicken.

2. What name do the Small Foxes call Mr. Fox?
(a) Dad.
(b) Pop.
(c) Pa.
(d) Daddy.

3. When the farmers are waiting outside of Mr. Fox's hole, what object does each farmer hide behind?
(a) A car.
(b) A bush.
(c) A tree.
(d) A building.

4. Who says aloud that Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all four Small Foxes would be dead if it were not for the quick thinking of Mr. Fox?
(a) Mr. Fox.
(b) The oldest Small Fox.
(c) All four Small Foxes.
(d) Mrs. Fox.

5. By what name do the Small Foxes call their mother, Mrs. Fox?
(a) Mummy.
(b) Mom.
(c) Mommy.
(d) Mother.

6. What method do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use after their use of mechanical shovels fails?
(a) Explosives.
(b) Reverse psychology.
(c) Traps.
(d) Starvation.

7. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean dig a hole with their shovels that is so big, what object could fit inside of it?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A horse.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

8. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 40 minutes.

9. When Mr. Fox looks at Mrs. Fox at the end of Chapter 4, what is her response?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She looks away.
(c) She smiles.
(d) She shrugs.

10. Bean is described by the narrator as never taking what action?
(a) Brushing his teeth.
(b) Mowing his lawn.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Taking a bath.

11. What weapon does the person performing lookout duty at the Fox family's hole have on his person?
(a) A machete.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A knife.
(d) A shotgun.

12. What object comes through the ceiling of the Fox family's home?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A truck.
(c) A chainsaw.
(d) A bolt of lightning.

13. Mr. Fox tells his family that now that mechanical shovels are involved, the family must now truly dig for what?
(a) The world record.
(b) Posterity.
(c) Their lives.
(d) Pride.

14. Which farmer's favorite food is doughnuts and goose liver paste?
(a) Bean.
(b) Barnes.
(c) Bunce.
(d) Boggis.

15. What source of light do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use once night falls on their vigil outside of the Fox family's hole?
(a) Flashlights.
(b) Floodlights.
(c) Tractor headlamps.
(d) Candles.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what time of the afternoon or evening does the hole created by the mechanical shovels resemble "the crater of a volcano" (27)?

2. How many farmhands does Boggis have on his farm?

3. Who tells Mr. Fox that his missing body part will grow back?

4. How many children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox are grouped within the moniker of "the Small Foxes" (6)?

5. What adjective is used to describe the tunnel created by the Fox family during their attempt to escape from the farmers' attack?

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