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

2. 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) Bean.
(c) Boggis.
(d) Bunce.

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

4. The narrator states that the farmers are so involved in their task of digging with the mechanical shovels, that they do not stop for what meal?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A midnight snack.

5. What beverage is Bean constantly drinking?
(a) Pear cider.
(b) Apple cider.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Boggis yells to Mr. Fox as the farmers chase him that Mr. Fox has "had his last" (26) what?

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

5. What adjective is used to describe the tunnel created by the Fox family during their attempt to escape 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. What three different scents do the three farmers produce, according to Mr. Fox?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What metaphor does Roald Dahl use to depict the "enormous caterpillar tractors" (21) owned by the farmers?

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