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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 type of animal is Old Major?

2. Who are people/animals gathering to hear speak in Chapter 1?

3. By what season does word spread of the Animal Farm across the country?

4. On which day do the animals not work?

5. What do Mr. Jones and the other farmers do in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Old Major feel it is important to give his speech that night in Chapter 1?

2. Why didn't the pigs do any work in Chapter 3?

3. Which animal is favored by Mr. Jones over all of the other animals?

4. Who is left totally in charge of the farm at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What are the Seven Commandments on which Animalism is based?

6. Who emerges as the true leader of the farm by Chapter 4?

7. To Old Major, who is the only creature who consumes without producing?

8. What is the goal of the farmers in Chapter 4?

9. What do the local farmers do regarding the Animal Farm in Chapter 4?

10. What do the arguments between Napoleon and Snowball cause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the concept of a puppet democracy in an Authoritarian government. Be sure to describe what it is and how it works.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the character Boxer. Write an essay about this character and the decisions and actions he took throughout the story as well as his final fate. Make a judgment about these issues and use information from the text to support your judgment.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout this story, the author uses personification. Write an essay describing how the pigs in particular, became more and more human as the story progressed. Use specific examples from the novel to support your position.

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