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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 sight is said to give new strength to Mrs. Fox?

2. What word does Dahl use to indicate the nature of Mr. Fox's and his children's laughter at the thought of their coming feast?

3. Which of Mr. Fox's children does he send to bring the chickens to Mrs. Fox?

4. Mr. Fox describes Bunce's storehouse as "the most" what "part of that farm" (49)?

5. Who comes downstairs into the cider storeroom while Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the smallest fox are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which families does Mr. Fox name as families that are invited to the Fox family's feast being prepared by Mrs. Fox?

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

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

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

5. Describe the Fox family's underground encounter with Mr. Badger.

6. What is the reaction of Mr. Badger and the three Small Foxes when they see Bunce's Storehouse?

7. For what reason has Mr. Fox planned to emerge within the room he does?

8. What method does Mr. Fox use to kill the three chickens he steals?

9. What instructions does Mr. Fox give to two of the Small Foxes when he sends them back home with two push-carts loaded with food?

10. Who takes charge of the situation in Bunce's Storehouse and what method is used to take charge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Could Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox be classified as a crime novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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