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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) Mr. Badger.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Mrs. Fox.
(d) Bean.

2. To what kind of tractors do the farmers attach the mechanical shovels?
(a) John Deere.
(b) Farm.
(c) Animal Husbandry.
(d) Caterpillar.

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

4. Who guards the Foxes' hole while the mechanical shovels are fetched?
(a) Barnes.
(b) Bunce.
(c) Boggis.
(d) Bean.

5. What part of Mr. Fox do the farmers shoot off before Mr. Fox can dive back into his hole?
(a) His ear.
(b) His paw.
(c) His toe.
(d) His tail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?

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

4. How many farmhands does Bunce have on his farm?

5. The tree above the Fox family's hole is said to "topple like a" (21) what under the assault from the mechanical shovels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What happens to the tree located above Mr. Fox's hole as a result of the farmers' use of mechanical shovels?

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

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

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

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

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

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