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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 is created in Napoleon's honor in Chapter 8?

2. What happens when the hens protest Napoleon's orders in Chapter 7?

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Squealer tell the animals is now banned?

4. Which of the following things stops completely on the farm by Chapter 10?

5. Which month brings a terrible storm to the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many of the original Seven Commandments were broken throughout the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As this story is a representation of the mindset of people in a country following an upheaval or revolution, each character represents a typical group of people. Choose two characters from the novel and describe which group of people they represent and how their actions in the novel support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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