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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. Who begins to deliver all of the orders in Chapter 8?

2. Who does Napoleon do business with in Chapter 6?

3. To whom does Napoleon arrange to sell timber?

4. Which animal falls into greater power as Napoleon ages?

5. Which kind of animal's population grows larger than any other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the animals changing the Commandments?

2. By Chapter 6, what types of materials do the animals begin to not have enough of to sustain the farm?

3. Why must the hens increase their production in Chapter 9?

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

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

6. What does Napoleon do to Boxer in Chapter 9?

7. What happens to Napoleon in Chapter 8?

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

9. When the animals look at the Seven Commandments about sleeping in a bed, what do they find?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of the perfect world is an underlying theme in this story. Discuss what the perfect world would be as described by the animals and what happened to that perfect world to destroy it.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay explaining how you think things might have been different on the farm had Snowball not been driven off by the Napoleon and the dogs. Use specific events from the story and show how they might have been different had Snowball been in charge at that time.

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