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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that Bean has what type of smile?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Sickly.
(c) Wilting.
(d) Sarcastic.

2. What sight does one of the Small Foxes worriedly report seeing at one end of the Fox family's tunnel?
(a) Falling rain.
(b) Lightning strikes.
(c) Moonlight.
(d) Daylight.

3. By what time of the afternoon or evening does the hole created by the mechanical shovels resemble "the crater of a volcano" (27)?
(a) 3 o'clock.
(b) 11 o'clock.
(c) 1 o'clock.
(d) 5 o'clock.

4. The narrator describes the foxes' legs as "moving so fast" (19) that the viewer sees what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A blur.
(c) Only dirt.
(d) Fifty fox legs.

5. What agreement do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean make at the end of a day using mechanical shovels?
(a) Not to let their wives run their lives.
(b) Not to let Mr. Badger get away.
(c) Not to miss the next Elks meeting.
(d) Not to let Mr. Fox get away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is it at the start of Chapter 5, entitled The Terrible Tractors?

2. When Mr. Fox looks at Mrs. Fox at the end of Chapter 4, what is her response?

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the race between the foxes and the mechanical shovels?

4. Which of their feet do the foxes use when they are digging in an attempt to escape from the farmers?

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

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