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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two words does Mr. Fox shout when it is time to stop digging?
(a) Hold it.
(b) Quit it.
(c) Hold on.
(d) Stop it.

2. The narrator states that when Bean smiles, a viewer sees more of what than they see teeth?
(a) Black voids.
(b) Gums.
(c) Lips.
(d) Tongues.

3. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean dig a hole with their shovels that is so big, what object could fit inside of it?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A horse.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

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

5. Who tells Mr. Fox that his missing body part will grow back?
(a) One of the Small Foxes.
(b) Mr. Rat.
(c) Bunce.
(d) Mrs. Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon does Mrs. Fox momentarily think is happening when the farmers are conducting their assault with mechanical shovels?

2. Which farmer's favorite food is doughnuts and goose liver paste?

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

4. How many farmhands do Bunce, Bean, and Boggis have in total?

5. By what name do the Small Foxes call their mother, Mrs. Fox?

Short Essay Questions

1. What form of poetry or song is featured in Chapter 1 of the text and what are its contents?

2. What happens to the tree located above Mr. Fox's hole as a result of the farmers' use of mechanical shovels?

3. What is the cause of Bean's deafness?

4. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?

5. What is Bean's first plan for catching Mr. Fox?

6. Which parties are part of "The Race" (23) named in the title of Chapter 6?

7. What is Bean's third idea for catching and killing Mr. Fox?

8. What product(s) does each of the three farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean produce on each of their farms?

9. How is the theme of appearance versus reality depicted within the scene when Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox is enacted?

10. What routine have the foxes adopted each night when it gets dark?

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