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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?
(a) A great banging sound.
(b) A faint tapping sound.
(c) A soft rustling sound.
(d) A small rattling sound.

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

3. What product or products does Boggis produce at his farm?
(a) Turkeys and geese.
(b) Apples and turkeys.
(c) Milk.
(d) Chickens.

4. Which farmer picks his nose openly during his conversation about Mr. Fox with the other two farmers?
(a) Bunce.
(b) Bean.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Boggis.

5. What two words does Mr. Fox shout when it is time to stop digging?
(a) Stop it.
(b) Hold on.
(c) Quit it.
(d) Hold it.

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

7. 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) All four feet.
(c) Their back feet.
(d) Their front feet.

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

9. To what kind of tractors do the farmers attach the mechanical shovels?
(a) Farm.
(b) John Deere.
(c) Animal Husbandry.
(d) Caterpillar.

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

11. What is NOT a weapon listed among those carried by the farmhands surrounding the Fox family's hole?
(a) Guns.
(b) Crossbows.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Hatchets.

12. Who says aloud that Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all four Small Foxes would be dead if it were not for the quick thinking of Mr. Fox?
(a) The oldest Small Fox.
(b) Mrs. Fox.
(c) Mr. Fox.
(d) All four Small Foxes.

13. 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) Matchstick.
(d) Top-heavy statue.

14. Which farmer's favorite food is doughnuts and goose liver paste?
(a) Bean.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Boggis.

15. How many farmhands does Bunce have on his farm?
(a) 36.
(b) 32.
(c) 35.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which farmer is described as a "pot-bellied dwarf" (3) by the narrator?

2. What type of weapons do the farmers carry in hopes of eradicating Mr. Fox?

3. What action do the children in town take when they see the three farmers?

4. What product or products does Bunce produce at his farm?

5. What other action does Mrs. Fox take when she draws the Small Foxes close to her during the farmers' attack on the fox hole?

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