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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of their feet do the foxes use when they are digging in an attempt to escape from the farmers?
(a) The right front foot and the back left foot.
(b) Their front feet.
(c) All four feet.
(d) Their back feet.

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

3. Which farmer decides that mechanical shovels would be a good tool to eradicate Mr. Fox?
(a) Bean.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Boggis.
(d) Barnes.

4. The tree above the Fox family's hole is said to "topple like a" (21) what under the assault from the mechanical shovels?
(a) House of cards.
(b) Tower.
(c) Top-heavy statue.
(d) Matchstick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bean is said to be so dirty, that he suffers from what affliction?

3. Mr. Fox declares that "Nobody in the world can dig as quick as" (18) what type of animal?

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

5. The noise of what object is described as "the most frightening noise a fox can ever hear" (16)?

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