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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. What name does Mr. Fox at first call his smallest fox when carrots are mentioned?

2. Mr. Badger says that badgers drink what amount of cider every time they drink it?

3. The narrator says that Mr. Fox and the three remaining Small Foxes are "too" what "to feel tired or hungry" (44)?

4. Mr. Badger is said to be "great" (49) at what activity?

5. Who comes downstairs into the cider storeroom while Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the smallest fox are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of mutable morality emerge within Chapter 14, entitled Badger Has Doubts?

2. What is the reaction of Mr. Badger and the three Small Foxes when they see Bunce's Storehouse?

3. Of what items does Mr. Fox's final act of thievery consist within the narrative?

4. Where do Mr. Fox and the Small Foxes find themselves after they run into a hard object and go above ground?

5. How long does the stalemate go on in the narrative, with the farmers surrounding the Fox family's hole?

6. Which member of the Fox family is suffering from hunger to the greatest degree during the vigil by the farmers?

7. What is Mr. Rat's reaction to seeing Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and one Small Fox?

8. What reason does Mr. Fox provide to the Small Foxes when they ask why he cannot tell them their destination?

9. What method does Mr. Fox suggest to the Small Foxes when they become overexcited at the proximity of so many chickens?

10. In total, what do Mr. Fox, Mr. Badger, and the three Small Foxes steal from Bunce's Storehouse?

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

Sensory details are used frequently by Roald Dahl in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve the author’s creation of vivid characters.

Essay Topic 3

Could Roald Dahl's novel Fantastic Mr. Fox be classified as a crime novel? Why or why not?

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