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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. Mr. Fox describes Bunce's storehouse as "the most" what "part of that farm" (49)?
(a) Delicious.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Opulent.
(d) Mouth-watering.

2. Mr. Fox warns his companions that just above the cider storeroom is what building?
(a) The barn.
(b) The storehouse for fertilizer.
(c) The caretaker's house.
(d) The farmhouse.

3. Chapter 9 is entitled Mr. Fox Has what?
(a) A plan.
(b) A pang of conscience.
(c) An epiphany.
(d) A party.

4. Mr. Badger says that badgers drink what amount of cider every time they drink it?
(a) A small cupful.
(b) A large glassful.
(c) A large bucketful.
(d) A tiny thimbleful.

5. How many jars of cider are said to be within the cider storeroom?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Scores.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what pet name does Mr. Badger refer to Mr. Fox?

2. How many of Mr. Fox's children who are inside the storehouse does he send home to Mrs. Fox?

3. Who is NOT on the list of invited guests to the Fox family's chicken feast?

4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the cider when pairing an adjective with the word "liquor" (64)?

5. Whom does Mr. Badger name as being too weak to dig "another yard" (48)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of perseverance depicted within Chapter 9 when the Small Foxes make Mr. Fox proud?

2. Whose idea is it to take carrots from Bunce's Storehouse and for what reason?

3. What method does Mr. Fox suggest to the Small Foxes when they become overexcited at the proximity of so many chickens?

4. Which member of the Fox family is suffering from hunger to the greatest degree during the vigil by the farmers?

5. In what way does the theme of mutable morality emerge within Chapter 14, entitled Badger Has Doubts?

6. Of what items does Mr. Fox's final act of thievery consist within the narrative?

7. What reason does Mr. Fox provide to the Small Foxes when they ask why he cannot tell them their destination?

8. How long does the stalemate go on in the narrative, with the farmers surrounding the Fox family's hole?

9. Where do Mr. Fox and the Small Foxes find themselves after they run into a hard object and go above ground?

10. In total, what do Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the three Small Foxes steal from Bunce's Storehouse?

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