Mr+Fox+1-4

1. Boggis was a chicken farmer. He kept thousands of chickens. He was ---.

a) enormously fat

b) pot-bellied dwarf

c) thin as a pencil

2. Bunce was a duck-and-goose farmer. He kept thousands of ducks and geese. He was ---.

a) enormously fat

b) pot-bellied dwarf

c) thin as a pencil

3. Bean was a turkey-and-apple farmer. He kept thousands of turkeys in an orchard full of apple trees. He was ---.

a) enormously fat

b) pot-bellied dwarf

c) thin as a pencil

4. The three farmers were --.

a) friendly

b) mean

c) poor

d) generous

5. Every evening Mr. Fox asked Mrs. Fox --.

a) "Well, my darling, what shall it be tonight?"

b) "Hello, love, are the children doing well tonight?"

c) "Sweetie pie, do you wish to go for a stroll tonight?"   6. //He always approached a farm with the wind blowing in his face, and this meant that if any man were __lurking__ in the shadows ahead, the wind would carry the smell of that man to Mr. Fox’s nose from far away.//    What does the word //lurking// mean?

a) sleeping quietly

b) hiding secretly

c) sniffing the air

d) crying softly   7. Why do you think Mr. Fox was //always __especially careful__ when coming out of his hole?//

a) He knew danger could be out there.

b) He didn’t want to forget to say goodbye to his children.

c) He knew coyotes were outside his fox hole.   8. In the circle of light lay //the poor tattered blood-stained remains of a __________tail.//    Choose the correct spelling.

a) foxes

b) fox's

c) foxs   9. When the farmers shot at Mr. Fox they got him _______.

a) in the tail

b) on his right ear

c) on his left paw

d) on his left shoulder

10. After the farmers shoot Mr. Fox and just got his tail they decided to __________.

a) dig him out

b) stink him out

c) smoke him out

d) wash him out   11. //“It will never grow again,” said Mr. Fox. “I shall be tail-less for the rest of my life.” He looked very glum.//    What does the word //__glum__// mean?

a) excited

b) shocked

c) quietly happy

d) gloomy and depressed

12. What idea did Mr. Fox have when the farmers' shovels got close to his family?

a) to dig his family to safety

b) to ask the beavers for help

c) to sneak out the back hole

d) to run to the mine shaft   13.Choose the correct sequence or order of events.    a) Fox’s tail is shot off.; Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.; The foxes hear shovels digging

b) The foxes hear shovels digging.; Mr. Fox’s tail is shot off.; Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.

c) Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.; Mr. Fox’s tail is shot off.; The foxes hear shovels digging.  // 14. “Your father is a fantastic fox.” //   What part of speech is //__fantastic__//?

a) verb

b) noun

c) adjective   15. What was the main idea of Chapter 4, “The Terrible Shovels”?

a) Mr. Fox must save his family from the shovels.

b) The farmers plan to poison the foxes’ den.

c) The farmers use shovels to bury the foxes in their den.   16. What is the setting of the story?

a) in the tunnels of a big city

b) underground at the local zoo

c) at the beach

d) in a rural area and underground