View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 3 o'clock.
(c) 5 o'clock.
(d) 1 o'clock.

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

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

4. What phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) An earthquake.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox are grouped within the moniker of "the Small Foxes" (6)?

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

4. What weapon does the person performing lookout duty at the Fox family's hole have on his person?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What form of poetry or song is featured in Chapter 1 of the text and what are its contents?

3. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?

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

5. Which three characters in the text are introduced on its very first page?

6. What routine have the foxes adopted each night when it gets dark?

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

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

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

10. What nasty habit does Bean display "delicately" (9) in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 847 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample