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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character in particular does Mr. Fox name as being easy to locate?
(a) Mr. Badger.
(b) Mrs. Fox.
(c) Bunce.
(d) Bean.

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the race between the foxes and the mechanical shovels?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Spine-tingling.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Close.

4. The narrator states that when Bean smiles, a viewer sees more of what than they see teeth?
(a) Lips.
(b) Tongues.
(c) Gums.
(d) Black voids.

5. What action do the children in town take when they see the three farmers?
(a) They call out for their parents.
(b) They run away.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage is Bean constantly drinking?

2. What product or products does Bean produce at his farm?

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

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

5. Who shouts threats into Mr. Fox's tunnel before the three farmers retire for the night after using the mechanical shovels all day?

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