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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. What adjective does Mrs. Fox use to refer to Mr. Fox after the family has escaped from the farmers' attack?
(a) Fantastic.
(b) Stupendous.
(c) Terrific.
(d) Tremendous.

2. What adjective is used to describe the tunnel created by the Fox family during their attempt to escape from the farmers' attack?
(a) Long.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Short.
(d) Rough.

3. What product or products does Bean produce at his farm?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Apple cider and turkeys.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Pears.

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

5. What item does Boggis place close to the Fox family's hole in hopes that they will emerge?
(a) Hot chicken.
(b) Hot fudge sundaes.
(c) Hot chocolate.
(d) Hot link sausages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many farmhands do Bunce, Bean, and Boggis have in total?

3. What product or products does Boggis produce at his farm?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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