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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. What product or products does Bunce produce at his farm?
2. By what time of the afternoon or evening does the hole created by the mechanical shovels resemble "the crater of a volcano" (27)?
3. What action do the children in town take when they see the three farmers?
4. How many farmhands does Boggis have on his farm?
5. Under what feature is the Fox family's hole located?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which three characters in the text are introduced on its very first page?
2. What happens to the tree located above Mr. Fox's hole as a result of the farmers' use of mechanical shovels?
3. 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?
4. What is the cause of Bean's deafness?
5. How are characters from neighboring villages used within the text as the voice of reason?
6. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?
7. What method does Mr. Fox use to evade capture at the hands of a particular farmer?
8. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?
9. What product(s) does each of the three farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean produce on each of their farms?
10. What is the outcome of Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox and analyze Roald Dahl’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Roald Dahl’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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