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

2. When the three farmers make an agreement together, what action do they take as a means to seal their pact?
(a) They become blood brothers.
(b) They shake hands.
(c) They throw salt over their shoulders together.
(d) They bow to one another.

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

4. The noise of what object is described as "the most frightening noise a fox can ever hear" (16)?
(a) A clap of thunder.
(b) A cawing rooster.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A chainsaw.

5. Mr. Fox tells his family that now that mechanical shovels are involved, the family must now truly dig for what?
(a) The world record.
(b) Pride.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Their lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?

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

3. The narrator states that Bean has what type of smile?

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. To what kind of tractors do the farmers attach the mechanical shovels?

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