Animal Farm Chapter 8
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This quiz focuses on Chapter 8 of George Orwell's *Animal Farm*, targeting middle school students in grades 8-9. The questions assess students' comprehension of plot details, character development, and literary analysis skills including identification of foreshadowing and archetypes. Students need strong reading comprehension abilities to track the complex political maneuvering between Napoleon, Frederick, and Pilkington, as well as the evolving corruption of the farm's commandments. The quiz requires students to understand how propaganda works through Squealer's manipulation of the animals' memories, recognize the escalating paranoia shown through Napoleon's food taster, and analyze how Orwell uses literary devices like foreshadowing to build tension around the windmill's destruction. Students must also demonstrate their ability to connect character actions to broader archetypal patterns and understand the cause-and-effect relationships that drive the chapter's conflicts. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying British literature and dystopian fiction in grades 8-12. The assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a reading comprehension check after students complete Chapter 8, a review tool before major tests, or homework to reinforce close reading skills. Teachers can use this quiz as a formative assessment to gauge whether students are successfully tracking the increasingly complex political allegiances and moral deterioration that accelerate in this pivotal chapter. The mix of factual recall questions and higher-order thinking items about foreshadowing and archetypes makes it suitable for differentiated instruction, allowing teachers to identify students who may need additional support with literary analysis skills. This quiz aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 for textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 for analyzing character development, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4 for determining meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Which commandment is changed as a follow-up to the events of the previous chapter?
Commandment 4: No beds
Commandment 3: No clothes
Commandment 5: No alcohol
Commandment 6: No killing
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Complete the quote. "All the same, there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less _________ and more food." (92)
figures
fighting
fear
future
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: What day is added to the list of major holidays for Animal Farm?
The day Animal Farm began trading
Napoleon's birthday
The day of Snowball's expulsion
The day of Old Major's death
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Which pig composed a poem entitled Comrade Napoleon?
Pinkeye
Squealer
Minimus
Snowball
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Why does Napoleon not want to sell the timber to Frederick?
Frederick tortures his animals
Pilkington is nicer to the animals
Whymper says Frederick doesn't want to buy it
Frederick will not offer a reasonable price
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Which pig is given the job of tasting all of Napoleon's food before he eats it?
Pinkeye
Squealer
Minimus
Snowball
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 8: Which human is said to torture his animals in various ways, such as throwing a dog into the furnace?
Frederick
Pilkington
Whymper
Jones
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
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