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Fantastic Mr. Fox Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the farmers know the whereabouts of Mr. Fox's hole, but before Mr. Fox is aware of this fact, what items does Mrs. Fox request that Mr. Fox go out and get for supper?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Apples.

2. What phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?
(a) A tornado.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A tsunami.

3. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?
(a) A faint tapping sound.
(b) A soft rustling sound.
(c) A great banging sound.
(d) A small rattling sound.

4. Which of the three farmers is said to be "the cleverest of them all" (3)?
(a) Barnes.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Boggis.
(d) Bean.

5. Mr. Fox declares that "Nobody in the world can dig as quick as" (18) what type of animal?
(a) A mole.
(b) A fox.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which farmer is tall, thin, and clever?

2. What source of light do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use once night falls on their vigil outside of the Fox family's hole?

3. By what name do the Small Foxes call their mother, Mrs. Fox?

4. What is NOT a weapon listed among those carried by the farmhands surrounding the Fox family's hole?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Which three characters in the text are introduced on its very first page?

2. What nasty habit does Bean display "delicately" (9) in Chapter 2?

3. How is the theme of appearance versus reality depicted within the scene when Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox is enacted?

4. What is Bean's third idea for catching and killing Mr. Fox?

5. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Fox live with their four Small Foxes?

6. What technique does the text use in order to communicate to the reader the impact the mechanical shovels have on Mr. Fox's hole?

7. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?

8. What is the outcome of Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox?

9. What form of poetry or song is featured in Chapter 1 of the text and what are its contents?

10. What items do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean ask for when they send messages back to their farms before enacting their fourth plan to kill Mr. Fox?

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