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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Fox tells his family that now that mechanical shovels are involved, the family must now truly dig for what?

2. What agreement do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean make at the end of a day using mechanical shovels?

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

4. What type of weapons do the farmers carry in hopes of eradicating Mr. Fox?

5. Under what feature is the Fox family's hole located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What product(s) does each of the three farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean produce on each of their farms?

2. 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?

3. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?

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

5. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated in Chapter 7 in the scene of the three farmers' pact?

6. What is the cause of Bean's deafness?

7. What is Bean's fourth idea for how to eradicate Mr. Fox?

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

9. What method does Mr. Fox use to evade capture at the hands of a particular farmer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between Mr. Fox and his four children, the Small Foxes. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between Mr. Fox and his children?

Essay Topic 2

Could Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox be classified as a crime novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of instinct treated within Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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