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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox are grouped within the moniker of "the Small Foxes" (6)?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

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

4. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean dig a hole with their shovels that is so big, what object could fit inside of it?
(a) A house.
(b) A car.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A horse.

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

6. Mr. Fox declares that "Nobody in the world can dig as quick as" (18) what type of animal?
(a) A fox.
(b) A dog.
(c) A mole.
(d) A rabbit.

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

8. Bunce shouts that he will use what object to pick up Mr. Fox when the farmers find him?
(a) His bucket.
(b) His garbage can.
(c) His arm.
(d) His shovel.

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

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

11. 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) Turkeys.
(b) Apples.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Chickens.

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

13. How many farmhands does Bean have on his farm?
(a) 27.
(b) 42.
(c) 48.
(d) 37.

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

15. When Chapter 5 begins, Bunce, Boggis, and Bean are described using what two adjectives?
(a) Frustrated and mad.
(b) Sad and depressed.
(c) Envious and conniving.
(d) Tired and cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which farmer decides that mechanical shovels would be a good tool to eradicate Mr. Fox?

2. Which farmer picks his nose openly during his conversation about Mr. Fox with the other two farmers?

3. What is NOT a weapon listed among those carried by the farmhands surrounding the Fox family's hole?

4. The tree above the Fox family's hole is said to "topple like a" (21) what under the assault from the mechanical shovels?

5. What item does Boggis place close to the Fox family's hole in hopes that they will emerge?

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