Animal Farm Chapter 6
Authored by Kelly Buonaspina
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8th - 12th Grade
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This quiz comprehensively covers Chapter 6 of George Orwell's *Animal Farm*, focusing on the critical developments in the animals' society as the pigs consolidate power and begin betraying the original principles of Animalism. Appropriate for grades 8-12, these questions assess students' literal comprehension of key plot events while requiring them to track the gradual corruption of the revolution's ideals. Students need to understand the significance of the pigs' decision to engage in trade with humans, their manipulation of the Seven Commandments, and their use of Squealer's propaganda to justify increasingly hypocritical behavior. The questions examine pivotal moments including the windmill construction, Napoleon's authoritarian control over "voluntary" Sunday work, the pigs' move into the farmhouse and use of beds, and the scapegoating of Snowball for the windmill's destruction. Students must demonstrate their ability to follow character motivations, recognize dramatic irony, and identify specific textual details that illustrate the theme of power corruption. Created by Kelly Buonaspina, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 8-12. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to ensure students have completed the reading and comprehended the essential plot developments before moving into deeper analysis of Orwell's themes and allegories. Teachers can use this as a chapter check during guided reading, a homework accountability measure, or a review activity before class discussions about propaganda techniques and totalitarian control. The quiz effectively prepares students for more sophisticated literary analysis by establishing their foundational understanding of the text's key events and character actions. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, requiring students to cite textual evidence to support their understanding of explicit details, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, as students analyze how particular lines of dialogue and incidents propel the action and reveal character development.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 6: In August, Napoleon announces that the animals may volunteer to work on Sundays. If they do not volunteer, what will happen?
Nothing, it's volunteer work.
They will get an apple while the others work.
The others will get an apple and they will not.
Their rations will be reduced by half.
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CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Chapter 6: How do the animals break apart the rocks in the quarry to use as stone for the windmill?
Boxer's hooves crush them up.
They roll them down the quarry until they break.
Pickaxes and shovels are used.
The rocks do not need to be broken.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 6: How does Napoleon plan to get the needed materials for the windmill?
Engage in trade with the neighboring farms
Steal from the neighboring farms
Begin producing the materials on their own farm
Steal other animals from the neighboring farms and make ransom demands
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 6: How does Squealer convince the animals that trade with humans was never prohibitted?
He says that the benefit of trade outweighs the detriment of human interaction
He says the benefit of trade will bring prosperity to the farm
He says it was never prohibited, only talked about that maybe they should prohibit such things
He asks if they have any proof, pointing out that it was never written down
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 6: How have the human's feelings towards Animal Farm changed?
They hate Animal farm less now that it is prosperous
They hate Animal Farm more now that it is prosperous
They still feel the same way about Animal Farm
They now love Animal Farm
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chapter 6: What symptom of respect do the humans now demonstrate towards Animal Farm?
They call it by its correct name: Animal Farm.
They treat the animals as equals
They learn the animals' names
They do not show any respect towards Animal Farm
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 6: The pigs have made a change that shows they are above/unequal to the others. What is it?
They get to call the other animals "slave"
They get to stay up past curfew
They get to sleep an hour later
They get to go in to town
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.2
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