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Animal Farm: Test 1

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"A small fat pig with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice."

(a)  

2.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"The tame raven, Mr. Jones's special pet, a spy and a tale-bearer, also a clever talker."

(a)  

3.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"The oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered, who seldom talks, and when he does, usually makes some cynical remark."

(a)  

4.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"The foolish, pretty white mare who draws Mr. Jones's trap, mincing daintily, chews at a lump of sugar, and admires her reflection."

(a)  

5.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"His strength seems equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together."

(a)  

6.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"The prize Middle White boar, exhibited under the name of Willingdon Beauty, who had a stranger dream on the previous night and wishes to communicate it to the other animals."

(a)  

7.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"A stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal."

(a)  

8.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"Marches in front of Napoleon and acts as a kind of trumpeter before Napoleon speaks."

(a)  

9.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"Claims to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals go when they die."

(a)  

10.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"paints out MANOR FARM from the top of the bar of the gate and in its place paints ANIMAL FARM."

(a)  

11.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"vanishes for hours on end, and then reappears at meal-times, or in the evening after work is over, as though nothing had happened."

(a)  

12.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"busies himself with organizing the other animals into what he calls Animal Committees."

(a)  

13.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"takes away Jessie and Bluebell's nine puppies and makes himself responsible for their education."

(a)  

14.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"is sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement of commandments to the other animals."

(a)  

15.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"surveys a small knoll and declares it just the place for a windmill, which can be made to operate a dynamo."

(a)  

16.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"an easy-going gentleman farmer who spends most of his time in fishing or hunting according to the season"

(a)  

17.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"uses forged banknotes to get timber for nothing."

(a)  

18.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"is found sprawling and temporarily stunned beside a broken ladder, a paint-brush, and an overturned pot of white paint."

(a)  

19.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


"repeats two slogans:

'I will work harder' &

'Napoleon is always right'

(a)  

20.

Match the description line with the appropriate character from the list. Some answers may be used more that once.


repeat "Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end, never growing tired of it.

(a)  

21.

Snowball declares that a windmill can be build in a year and will save so much labor that the animals will only need to work three days a week.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Napoleon announces that all decisions relating to the farm will be made by a committee headed by Boxer and Clover.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Alfred Simmons claims that Boxer died whispering, "Forward , comrades! Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live Comrade Napoleon!"

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The pigs do not actually work, instead directing and supervising others.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

At first there is no work on Sundays, breakfast is an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there is a weekly flag-raising ceremony.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Clover learns the whole alphabet, but cannot put words together. Boxer cannot get past the letter D.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Boxer is pleased that he uses his iron shoes and great size to trample the stable-lad from Foxwood into the mud.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Clover uncovers an old straw hat and decorated harness hidden in the straw of Mollie's stall.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Jones gives up the idea of getting his farm back and goes to live in another part of the country.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

To conceal the scarcity of food, Napoleon orders the empty bins to be filled nearly to the brim with sand and then covered up with the remaining potatoes.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The hens suggest that Napoleon will sell their eggs and buy more grain and hay to tide them over during the bitter winter months.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The animals catch Snowball sabotaging their work on the windmill and drive him away for his crime.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Frederick and his men drill a hole near the base of the windmill so that they can blow it up with blasting powder.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Squealer reads aloud figures that convince the animals that their lives are better, their work hours shorter, and their rations more plentiful than in Jones' day.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Old Major calls for a vote on...

a)

A new name for the farm

b)

What should be drawn on the green flag

c)

The number of years an animal must work before retiring

d)

Whether wild animals are friends or enemies

36.

From Major's vision, Squealer, Napoleon, and Snowball evolve...

a)

An anthem called "Beasts of England"

b)

A complete philosophy known as Animalism

c)

A motto the sheep can remember to repeat

d)

A description of Sugarcandy Mountain

37.

Human neighbors circulate rumors claiming that the animals...

a)

Practice cannibalism

b)

Throw dogs into the furnace as punishment

c)

Killed Boxer and sent him to the glue factory

d)

Deliberately destroyed the windmill and then blamed Snowball

38.

Snowball is placed in charge of defensive operations because...

a)

He can walk on two legs and hold a whip

b)

Napoleon is unable to undermine Snowball's authority

c)

He has studied Julius Caesar's campaigns

d)

His shoes are made of iron

39.

Every Monday morning, Animal Farm receives a visit from...

a)

Pilkington, who lives on the other side of the hedge

b)

Frederick, who involves Mr. Jones in a lawsuit

c)

Jones, who spies on the animals from the hedge

d)

Whymper, who serves as an intermediary between the animals and the outside world.

40.

In a carefully worded speech, Squealer justifies...

a)

The pigs' diet of milk and applies

b)

old Major's burial at the foot of the orchard

c)

Minimus' composition of new lyrics to replace "Beasts of England"

d)

Red ribbons to honor Mollie's roll in the Battle of the Cowshed

41.

In punishment for protesting Sunday meetings, the offending four pigs...

a)

Have their throats torn out by the dogs

b)

Are crushed beneath Boxer's hooves

c)

Are starved into submission

d)

Are banished from Animal Farm

42.

A general feeling of admiration for Napoleon's leadership...

a)

Reaches an all-time high after the traitors are executed

b)

Is expressed in a poem by Minimus

c)

Surprises the humans who gather in the taproom of the Read Lion

d)

Inspires the sheep to create a new slogan praising two-legged animals.

43.

Years after the rebellion....

a)

Napoleon trades timber in exchange for two adjacent fields

b)

Two windmills produce electric power for the milling of corn

c)

More animals are purchased who never heard of the event

d)

Napoleon gives up his seat of honor to Pilkington