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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. Boggis yells to Mr. Fox as the farmers chase him that Mr. Fox has "had his last" (26) what?
(a) Apple.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Goose.

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

3. What action do the children in town take when they see the three farmers?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They run away.
(c) They call out for their parents.
(d) They sing.

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) Bunce.
(b) Boggis.
(c) Bean.
(d) Barnes.

5. Under what feature is the Fox family's hole located?
(a) A tree.
(b) A cliff.
(c) A mountain.
(d) An abandoned house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who guards the Foxes' hole while the mechanical shovels are fetched?

3. The narrator describes the foxes' legs as "moving so fast" (19) that the viewer sees what?

4. How many mechanical shovels do the farmers employ in their attack of Mr. Fox?

5. What adjective does Mrs. Fox use to refer to Mr. Fox after the family has escaped from the farmers' attack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Fox live with their four Small Foxes?

3. What is the cause of Bean's deafness?

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

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

6. What method does Mr. Fox use to evade capture at the hands of a particular farmer?

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

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

9. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?

10. What product(s) does each of the three farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean produce on each of their farms?

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