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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. The noise of what object is described as "the most frightening noise a fox can ever hear" (16)?
2. What object comes through the ceiling of the Fox family's home?
3. How many mechanical shovels do the farmers employ in their attack of Mr. Fox?
4. Bean is described by the narrator as never taking what action?
5. What product or products does Boggis produce at his farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Bean's first plan for catching Mr. Fox?
2. What form of poetry or song is featured in Chapter 1 of the text and what are its contents?
3. What three different scents do the three farmers produce, according to Mr. Fox?
4. How is the theme of humanism demonstrated within Chapter 8, entitled The Foxes Begin to Starve?
5. What is the outcome of Bean's first plan to catch Mr. Fox?
6. What metaphor does Roald Dahl use to depict the "enormous caterpillar tractors" (21) owned by the farmers?
7. What is Bean's third idea for catching and killing Mr. Fox?
8. What nasty habit does Bean display "delicately" (9) in Chapter 2?
9. What is Bean's second plan to nab Mr. Fox and what is its outcome?
10. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of instinct treated within Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between Mr. Fox and his four children, the Small Foxes. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between Mr. Fox and his children?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
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