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

2. Bunce shouts that he will use what object to pick up Mr. Fox when the farmers find him?

3. Mr. Fox tells his family that now that mechanical shovels are involved, the family must now truly dig for what?

4. When Chapter 5 begins, Bunce, Boggis, and Bean are described using what two adjectives?

5. The narrator states that the farmers are so involved in their task of digging with the mechanical shovels, that they do not stop for what meal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What items do Boggis, Bunce, and Bean ask for when they send messages back to their farms before enacting their fourth plan to kill Mr. Fox?

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

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

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

7. What metaphor does Roald Dahl use to depict the "enormous caterpillar tractors" (21) owned by the farmers?

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

9. What method does Mr. Fox use to evade capture at the hands of a particular farmer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine Roald Dahl's message regarding the idea that a collaborative group effort can be much more effective than a solitary one.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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