Boggis was a chicken farmer. He kept thousands of chickens. He was -------.
enormously fat
pot-bellied dwarf
thin as a pencil
Bunce was a duck-and-goose farmer. He kept thousands of ducks and geese. He was -------.
enormously fat
pot-bellied dwarf
thin as a pencil
Bean was a turkey-and-apple farmer. He kept thousands of turkeys in an orchard full of apple trees. He was -------.
enormously fat
pot-bellied dwarf
thin as a pencil
The three farmers were ------.
friendly
mean
poor
generous
Every evening Mr. Fox asked Mrs. Fox ----------.
"Well, my darling, what shall it be tonight?"
"Hello, love, are the children doing well tonight?"
"Sweetie pie, do you wish to go for a stroll tonight?"
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?
sleeping quietly
hiding secretly
sniffing the air
crying softly
Why do you think Mr. Fox was always especially careful when coming out of his hole?
He knew danger could be out there.
He didn’t want to forget to say goodbye to his children.
He knew coyotes were outside his fox hole.
In the circle of light lay the poor tattered blood-stained remains of a __________tail. Choose the correct spelling.
foxes
fox’s
foxs
When the farmers shot at Mr. Fox they got him _______.
in the tail
on his right ear
on his left paw
on his left shoulder
After the farmers shoot Mr. Fox and just got his tail they decided to __________.
dig him out
stink him out
smoke him out
wash him out
. “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?
excited
shocked
quietly happy
gloomy and depressed
What idea did Mr. Fox have when the farmers' shovels got close to his family?
to dig his family to safety
to ask the beavers for help
to sneak out the back hole
to run to the mine shaft
Choose the correct sequence or order of events.
Fox’s tail is shot off.; Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.; The foxes hear shovels digging.
The foxes hear shovels digging.; Mr. Fox’s tail is shot off.; Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.
Mr. Fox creeps out of his hole to sniff the air.; Mr. Fox’s tail is shot off.; The foxes hear shovels digging.
. “Your father is a fantastic fox.” What part of speech is fantastic?
verb
noun
adjective
What was the main idea of Chapter 4, “The Terrible Shovels”?
Mr. Fox must save his family from the shovels.
The farmers plan to poison the foxes’ den.
The farmers use shovels to bury the foxes in their den.