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

2. On whose farm is the Chicken House that Mr. Fox finds himself inside with his four Small Foxes?

3. How many rows of shelves of cider are featured in the illustration of the storeroom on page 64?

4. How many of Mr. Fox's children who are inside the storehouse does he send home to Mrs. Fox?

5. What task does Mrs. Fox assign to the Small Fox once she receives the chickens?

Short Essay Questions

1. In total, what do Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the three Small Foxes steal from Bunce's Storehouse?

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

3. Of what items does Mr. Fox's final act of thievery consist within the narrative?

4. How is the theme of teamwork depicted within Chapter 13 entitled Bunce's Giant Storehouse?

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

6. Whose idea is it to take carrots from Bunce's Storehouse and for what reason?

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

8. What question does Mr. Badger ask Mr. Fox with great concern in his voice?

9. What four types of meat lie within Bunce's Storehouse?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Roald Dahl’s message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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