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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 phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?
2. How many farmhands does Bunce have on his farm?
3. Once the farmers know the whereabouts of Mr. Fox's hole, but before Mr. Fox is aware of this fact, what items does Mrs. Fox request that Mr. Fox go out and get for supper?
4. Which of the farmers claims to know where Mr. Fox's hole is?
5. To what kind of tractors do the farmers attach the mechanical shovels?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the tree located above Mr. Fox's hole as a result of the farmers' use of mechanical shovels?
2. What is the cause of Bean's deafness?
3. What technique does the text use in order to communicate to the reader the impact the mechanical shovels have on Mr. Fox's hole?
4. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?
5. What is the outcome of Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox?
6. What product(s) does each of the three farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean produce on each of their farms?
7. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?
8. What nasty habit does Bean display "delicately" (9) in Chapter 2?
9. What metaphor does Roald Dahl use to depict the "enormous caterpillar tractors" (21) owned by the farmers?
10. How is the theme of appearance versus reality depicted within the scene when Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox is enacted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Dahl’s focus on the theme of family bonds in Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox. What message is the author sending about family bonds and what techniques does he use in order to send these particular messages about the theme of family bonds?
Essay Topic 2
Trace the characterization arc of Mr. Fox’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether Mr. Fox is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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