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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. Upon whom does Napoleon blame the destruction of the windmill?

2. How many hours do the animals work during the spring and summer?

3. How many hens starve to death?

4. What is the timber being sold to do in Chapter 8?

5. What is added to the Sixth Commandment in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the animals begin to have some doubts about Napoleon and the things he is doing by Chapter 6?

2. What do the animals despise about trading with Mr. Whymper?

3. Why does the moral begin to slide at the Animal Farm in Chapter 7?

4. By Chapter 10, what has happened to many of the animals who remember life before there was a revolution?

5. What does Napoleon declare Animal Farm to be in Chapter 9?

6. What does the only Commandment left at the end of the novel state?

7. Why do the pigs invite the neighboring farmers over in Chapter 10?

8. What about trading with Mr. Whymper is a source of pride for the animals on the farm?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Napoleon order in regards to Snowball?

10. On Sundays, what announcement does Squealer make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing the differences in the class system throughout the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write about how the term Authoritarianism describes the style of leadership employed by the pigs. Be sure to include specific examples from the story to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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