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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the three farmers is said to be "the cleverest of them all" (3)?
(a) Bean.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Boggis.

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

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

4. Who shouts threats into Mr. Fox's tunnel before the three farmers retire for the night after using the mechanical shovels all day?
(a) Barnes.
(b) Boggis.
(c) Bunce.
(d) Bean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What source of light do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use once night falls on their vigil outside of the Fox family's hole?

2. What time of day is it at the start of Chapter 5, entitled The Terrible Tractors?

3. What sight does one of the Small Foxes worriedly report seeing at one end of the Fox family's tunnel?

4. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bean's second plan to nab Mr. Fox and what is its outcome?

2. What is Bean's fourth idea for how to eradicate Mr. Fox?

3. What is Bean's first plan for catching Mr. Fox?

4. What technique does the text use in order to communicate to the reader the impact the mechanical shovels have on Mr. Fox's hole?

5. What is the outcome of Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox?

6. Which parties are part of "The Race" (23) named in the title of Chapter 6?

7. What three different scents do the three farmers produce, according to Mr. Fox?

8. What items do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean ask for when they send messages back to their farms before enacting their fourth plan to kill Mr. Fox?

9. How is the theme of appearance versus reality depicted within the scene when Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox is enacted?

10. How are characters from neighboring villages used within the text as the voice of reason?

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