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Animal Farm

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the author's purposes is to satirize (make fun of) totalitarian rule in Communist Russia

a)

True

b)

False

2.

In the beginning of the book, who appeared to be the original leader of the animals?

a)

Squealer

b)

Old Major

c)

Snowball

d)

Napoleon

3.

Which one is NOT how Squealer convinced the other animals to accept Napoleon's rule?

a)

"Scientific proof"

b)

Telling them it will get better soon

c)

Fear

d)

Lies

4.

The police force of Animal Farm was the dogs.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

Snowball was blamed for sabotaging Animal Farm every time something went wrong.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who moved into the farm house?

a)

horses

b)

all the animals

c)

dogs

d)

pigs

7.

Animal Farm is a fable.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The two work horses on Animal farm are...

a)

Boxer and Clover

b)

Benjamin and Mollie

c)

Snowball and Bluebell

d)

Major and Muriel

9.

The Anthem that the animals loved to sing was called

a)

Comrade Napoleon

b)

Beasts of England

c)

Animal Farm Anthem

d)

Star Spangled Trotter

10.

Why does Squealer have the dogs accompany him when he speaks with the animals?

a)

To ensure there is no protest of the orders

b)

Squealer is best friends with the alpha dog, Spike

c)

The dogs insist on being there

d)

He is afraid of the animals' reactions

11.

How did the animals always end their meetings?

a)

Swearing allegiance

b)

Saluting the flag

c)

Singing the Anthem Beasts of England

d)

Praying to Major

12.

Which animal gets caught changing the commandments on the barn wall?

a)

Squealer

b)

Napoleon

c)

Boxer

d)

Benjamin

13.

Napoleon keeps bringing up that Snowball has sabotaged the farm because

a)

Napoleon doesn't want the animals to blame the humans

b)

Napoleon is trying to discover the truth about the farm's mismanagement

c)

Napoleon wants the animals to concentrate on an enemy other than him

d)

Snowball really did sabotage the farm

14.

What did the pigs secretly teach themselves to do before the rebellion?

a)

walk on two legs and write

b)

read and write

c)

talk and write

d)

add and subtract

15.

The way in which the animals arrange themselves at the meetings shows

a)

who is not present

b)

who is the tallest

c)

who is the most important

d)

who has the most power

16.

Why does Squealer announce production numbers?

a)

to show that their hard work is paying off

b)

to discourage the animals

c)

to announce the weekly winner of the production contest

d)

to show who is better than the rest

17.

Man was considered to be the enemy of the animals for all of the following reasons except...

a)

He consumed without producing

b)

He used the animals for food

c)

He beat the animals

d)

He killed animals when he hunted

18.

What happened when Napoleon took over the farm?

a)

He decided to get rid of all the dogs.

b)

He put Squealer and Snowball to death.

c)

He abolished the Sunday meetings.

d)

He issued orders making it necessary for everyone to learn to read.

19.

Which of the following is NOT a change Napoleon makes after Snowball leaves the farm?

a)

All decisions are made by a committee of pigs

b)

The animals will no longer have Sunday meetings

c)

The animals will be allowed more food rations

d)

Pigs will wake one hour later than everyone else

20.

Who is the farm's poet pig?

a)

Old Major

b)

Napoleon

c)

Snowball

d)

Minimus

21.

Who is the propaganda pig?

a)

Squealer

b)

Mollie

c)

Boxer

d)

Snowball

22.

Who is the oldest and worst tempered of the animals; this character refused to take sides or believe that things would get better.

a)

Mollie

b)

Benjamin

c)

Boxer

d)

Napoleon

23.

Who was the original owner of Animal Farm?

a)

Jones

b)

Frederick

c)

Pilkington

d)

Whymper

24.

Which character talks to the other animals about Sugarcandy Mountain?

a)

Boxer

b)

Minimus

c)

Moses

d)

Squealer

25.

Who was the strongest, hardest working animal on the farm?

a)

Mollie

b)

Benjamin

c)

Boxer

d)

the cat

26.

Who was the vain animal who liked ribbons?

a)

Minimus

b)

Old Major

c)

Moses

d)

Mollie

27.

Who was the pig who eventually takes over as sole leader?

a)

Snowball

b)

Napoleon

c)

Squealer

d)

Old Major

28.

Who was the majestic old pig who had a dream?

a)

Old Major

b)

Napoleon

c)

Snowball

d)

Minimus

29.

Which pig designed the windmill?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Snowball

c)

Squealer

d)

Minimus

30.

At the end of the book, the other animals finally stage a revolt against the pigs.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Though the farm prospered at first, it later went bankrupt.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Snowball and others are killed by the dogs following the Hen's revolt.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

All of the animals learned to read, and they memorized The Seven Commandments.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The humans shot and killed Old Major during The Battle of the Cowshed.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The spokesperson for Napoleon was ________.

a)

Snowball

b)

The Dogs

c)

Squealer

d)

Old Major

36.

What do the sheep always bleat?

a)

Four legs bad, two legs good

b)

Four legs good, two legs bad

c)

Napoleon is always right!

d)

I will work harder!

37.

Which of the animal's ideas start the revolution?

a)

Moses

b)

Old Major

c)

Snowball

d)

Boxer

38.

What finally causes the animals to rebel against Jones?

a)

Jones slaughters animals.

b)

Jones doesn't feed the animals and neglects them.

c)

Jones forgets to milk the animals.

d)

Jones beats the horses savagely with his whip.

39.

Which one of the following is NOT one of The Seven Commandments?

a)

No animal is to live in a house.

b)

No animal will wear clothes.

c)

No animal will eat another animal

d)

No animal will kill another animal.

40.

Which animals did not get along with each other during the meetings?

a)

the dogs and roosters

b)

Napoleon and Snowball

c)

Benjamin and Boxer

d)

the sheep and the cows

41.

What did the animals attempt to build?

a)

Fort

b)

Barn

c)

Windmill

d)

Shelter

42.

Other than Snowball and Mollie, who else leaves Animal Farm?

a)

Clover

b)

Bluebell

c)

Boxer

d)

Old Major

43.

The pigs' primary role on the farm is to...

a)

supervise and direct the animals

b)

produce the products on the farm and take them to market

c)

raise the young animals

d)

guard the borders of the farm

44.

Napoleon informs the animals they must "volunteer" to work on Sundays or

a)

their young will be taken

b)

their food rations will be cut

c)

they'll have to sleep in the yard

d)

what they produce will be taken away

45.

The hens' eggs had to be sold because

a)

there were too many eggs

b)

they were used to make scrambled eggs

c)

they were a bribe to keep the humans away

d)

they were used to trade for grain