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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. Which of the Seven Commandments does Napoleon break by slaughtering the animals whom he forced to confess to treason?

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

3. For what do the pigs begin to use the barley?

4. What happens to the windmill during the terrible storm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Napoleon forces some of the animals to confess to treasonous acts?

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

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

4. What prevents Boxer from following Clover's advice in Chapter 9?

5. What may happen to many of the animals on the farm in the winter if Napoleon does not find something to trade?

6. What is one thing Squealer invents to keep the animals busy and content?

7. What do the animals do when Frederick and his fifteen men attack?

8. Why do the hens protest Napoleon's orders in Chapter 7?

9. What do the animals continue to feel proud about in Chapter 10?

10. What is the reason that Squealer says it is important the animals sleep in the farmhouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe how propaganda is used throughout this novel to change the views of the animals. Then compare that to the use of propaganda in today's society.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail what parallels can be drawn in this book between the animals' struggles and that of the Russian Revolution. Be specific and include at least five parallels.

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