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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. The narrator describes the foxes' legs as "moving so fast" (19) that the viewer sees what?
(a) Fifty fox legs.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Only dirt.
(d) A blur.

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

3. What action does Bunce say he would like to take in regard to Mr. Fox?
(a) He wants to set Mr. Fox on fire.
(b) He wants to drown Mr. Fox.
(c) He wants to tie Mr. Fox to the railroad tracks.
(d) He wants to rip Mr. Fox's guts out.

4. Boggis yells to Mr. Fox as the farmers chase him that Mr. Fox has "had his last" (26) what?
(a) Apple.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Goose.

5. What item does Boggis place close to the Fox family's hole in hopes that they will emerge?
(a) Hot chicken.
(b) Hot fudge sundaes.
(c) Hot link sausages.
(d) Hot chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. After about what period of time digging does Mr. Fox tell everyone to stop digging?

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

3. The noise of what object is described as "the most frightening noise a fox can ever hear" (16)?

4. How many children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox are grouped within the moniker of "the Small Foxes" (6)?

5. How many mechanical shovels do the farmers employ in their attack of Mr. Fox?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 Bean's fourth idea for how to eradicate Mr. Fox?

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

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

6. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Fox live with their four Small Foxes?

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

8. What three different scents do the three farmers produce, according to Mr. Fox?

9. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated in Chapter 7 in the scene of the three farmers' pact?

10. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?

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