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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which farmer is tall, thin, and clever?
(a) Bean.
(b) Barnes.
(c) Boggis.
(d) Bunce.

2. Who shouts threats into Mr. Fox's tunnel before the three farmers retire for the night after using the mechanical shovels all day?
(a) Bunce.
(b) Boggis.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Bean.

3. What phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A hurricane.

4. What action do the children in town take when they see the three farmers?
(a) They call out for their parents.
(b) They run away.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They sing.

5. What other action does Mrs. Fox take when she draws the Small Foxes close to her during the farmers' attack on the fox hole?
(a) She closes her eyes.
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She sits down onto the floor.

6. Bean is said to be so dirty, that he suffers from what affliction?
(a) A constant rash.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Flea bites.

7. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the race between the foxes and the mechanical shovels?
(a) Spine-tingling.
(b) Close.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Desperate.

8. What weapon does the person performing lookout duty at the Fox family's hole have on his person?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A machete.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A knife.

9. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5 minutes.

10. What product or products does Bunce produce at his farm?
(a) Milk.
(b) Apples and geese.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Ducks and geese.

11. Who says aloud that Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all four Small Foxes would be dead if it were not for the quick thinking of Mr. Fox?
(a) Mrs. Fox.
(b) The oldest Small Fox.
(c) Mr. Fox.
(d) All four Small Foxes.

12. What is NOT a weapon listed among those carried by the farmhands surrounding the Fox family's hole?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Hatchets.
(c) Guns.
(d) Crossbows.

13. How many mechanical shovels do the farmers employ in their attack of Mr. Fox?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

14. The noise of what object is described as "the most frightening noise a fox can ever hear" (16)?
(a) A clap of thunder.
(b) A chainsaw.
(c) A cawing rooster.
(d) A shovel.

15. When Mr. Fox emerges from his hole, unaware that the farmers are surrounding him, what kind of noise does he hear?
(a) A great banging sound.
(b) A faint tapping sound.
(c) A soft rustling sound.
(d) A small rattling sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sight of an object coming through his ceiling is said to have what type of "effect" (16) on Mr. Fox?

2. Under what feature is the Fox family's hole located?

3. When the three farmers make an agreement together, what action do they take as a means to seal their pact?

4. The narrator describes the three farmers as being rich and as possessing what other quality?

5. What source of light do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean use once night falls on their vigil outside of the Fox family's hole?

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