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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Mr. Fox that his missing body part will grow back?

2. To what kind of tractors do the farmers attach the mechanical shovels?

3. How many farmhands does Bean have on his farm?

4. What type of weapons do the farmers carry in hopes of eradicating Mr. Fox?

5. The narrator states that Bean has what type of smile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What form of poetry or song is featured in Chapter 1 of the text and what are its contents?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of instinct treated within Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

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