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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sight of an object coming through his ceiling is said to have what type of "effect" (16) on Mr. Fox?
(a) Strange.
(b) Muted.
(c) Electric.
(d) Dismayed.

2. What type of weapons do the farmers carry in hopes of eradicating Mr. Fox?
(a) Knives.
(b) Shotguns.
(c) Boomerangs.
(d) BB guns.

3. Which farmer is described as a "pot-bellied dwarf" (3) by the narrator?
(a) Barnes.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Bean.
(d) Boggis.

4. What other action does Mrs. Fox take when she draws the Small Foxes close to her during the farmers' attack on the fox hole?
(a) She closes her eyes.
(b) She cries.
(c) She sits down onto the floor.
(d) She laughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective does Mrs. Fox use to refer to Mr. Fox after the family has escaped from the farmers' attack?

3. When the farmers are waiting outside of Mr. Fox's hole, what object does each farmer hide behind?

4. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?

5. The narrator describes the foxes' legs as "moving so fast" (19) that the viewer sees what?

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