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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. How many times a day does Mr. Badger report that badgers drink cider?
2. For how many nights does Mr. Badger say he had been digging before running into Mr. Fox?
3. Who comes downstairs into the cider storeroom while Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the smallest fox are there?
4. When Mrs. Fox sees the chickens in Chapter 11, how does she react?
5. What pet name does Mr. Fox use to refer to Mrs. Fox when he tells her that she does not need to help dig?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what items does Mr. Fox's final act of thievery consist within the narrative?
2. What is the reaction of Mr. Badger and the three Small Foxes when they see Bunce's Storehouse?
3. How is the theme of perseverance depicted within Chapter 9 when the Small Foxes make Mr. Fox proud?
4. What method does Mr. Fox suggest to the Small Foxes when they become overexcited at the proximity of so many chickens?
5. What reason does Mr. Fox provide to the Small Foxes when they ask why he cannot tell them their destination?
6. What method does Mr. Fox use when he needs to think of an idea?
7. On what errand does Mr. Fox send his biggest child after the foxes exit the Chicken House Number One?
8. What question does Mr. Badger ask Mr. Fox with great concern in his voice?
9. Which families does Mr. Fox name as families that are invited to the Fox family's feast being prepared by Mrs. Fox?
10. Describe the Fox family's underground encounter with Mr. Badger.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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