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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which farmer is tall, thin, and clever?
(a) Bean.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Boggis.

2. How many farmhands do Bunce, Bean, and Boggis have in total?
(a) 127.
(b) 108.
(c) 112.
(d) 98.

3. What method do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use after their use of mechanical shovels fails?
(a) Traps.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Explosives.
(d) Reverse psychology.

4. What adjective does Mrs. Fox use to refer to Mr. Fox after the family has escaped from the farmers' attack?
(a) Tremendous.
(b) Fantastic.
(c) Stupendous.
(d) Terrific.

5. What item does Boggis place close to the Fox family's hole in hopes that they will emerge?
(a) Hot fudge sundaes.
(b) Hot link sausages.
(c) Hot chicken.
(d) Hot chocolate.

6. When people from town gather to taunt Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, what is NOT named as an emotion within the farmers that is sharpened due to the criticism?
(a) Fury.
(b) Shame.
(c) Determination.
(d) Obstinate energy.

7. 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 sits down onto the floor.
(b) She closes her eyes.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs.

8. Once the farmers know the whereabouts of Mr. Fox's hole, but before Mr. Fox is aware of this fact, what items does Mrs. Fox request that Mr. Fox go out and get for supper?
(a) Apples.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Chickens.

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

10. The narrator describes the three farmers as being rich and as possessing what other quality?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Nastiness.
(c) Courage.
(d) Breeding.

11. What color does Bean's face turn as a result of his rage at not catching Mr. Fox?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

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

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

14. How many farmhands does Boggis have on his farm?
(a) 36.
(b) 35.
(c) 37.
(d) 24.

15. What adjective is used to describe the tunnel created by the Fox family during their attempt to escape from the farmers' attack?
(a) Long.
(b) Short.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Rough.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The sight of an object coming through his ceiling is said to have what type of "effect" (16) on Mr. Fox?

3. What product or products does Boggis produce at his farm?

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

5. What two words does Mr. Fox shout when it is time to stop digging?

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