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

2. 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) Turkeys.
(c) Apples.
(d) Chickens.

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

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

5. By what time of the afternoon or evening does the hole created by the mechanical shovels resemble "the crater of a volcano" (27)?
(a) 3 o'clock.
(b) 11 o'clock.
(c) 5 o'clock.
(d) 1 o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shouts threats into Mr. Fox's tunnel before the three farmers retire for the night after using the mechanical shovels all day?

2. What other action does Mrs. Fox take when she draws the Small Foxes close to her during the farmers' attack on the fox hole?

3. Mr. Fox declares that "Nobody in the world can dig as quick as" (18) what type of animal?

4. The narrator describes the three farmers as being rich and as possessing what other quality?

5. What phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Bean's third idea for catching and killing Mr. Fox?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Bean's fourth idea for how to eradicate 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. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Fox live with their four Small Foxes?

10. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated in Chapter 7 in the scene of the three farmers' pact?

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