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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. Which farmer picks his nose openly during his conversation about Mr. Fox with the other two farmers?

2. What product or products does Bean produce at his farm?

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

4. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?

5. Which of the farmers claims to know where Mr. Fox's hole is?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between Mr. Fox and his four children, the Small Foxes. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between Mr. Fox and his children?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox. Focus especially on events such as Mr. Fox’s acceptance of responsibility for bringing the farmers’ wrath down upon the other animals.

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Roald Dahl in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve the author’s creation of vivid characters.

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