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

2. How many children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox are grouped within the moniker of "the Small Foxes" (6)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. When Mr. Fox looks at Mrs. Fox at the end of Chapter 4, what is her response?
(a) She shrugs.
(b) She looks away.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She smiles.

4. By what name do the Small Foxes call their mother, Mrs. Fox?
(a) Mother.
(b) Mom.
(c) Mummy.
(d) Mommy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the tunnel created by the Fox family during their attempt to escape from the farmers' attack?

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

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?

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?

5. When people from town gather to taunt Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, what is NOT named as an emotion within the farmers that is sharpened due to the criticism?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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