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WorksheetsAnimal Farm Chapter 1-5 Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Where does this story take place?
At a zoo.
On a farm.
In a city.
How do the animals feel about Major?
The animals make fun of Major.
The animals ignore Major.
The animals respect Major.
Major describes the current life of animals
as
Happy.
Miserable.
Unimportant.
Who does Major say is responsible for the animals’ condition?
Pigs.
Human beings.
Cows.
What does Major mean when he says “no animal escapes the cruel knife”?
The farmer will kill all the animals.
Knives are dangerous.
Animals are slow.
What effect did Major’s speech have on the more intelligent animals?
They began to write more songs.
They looked at life in a very different way.
They decided to stop working.
Which animals begin teaching the others?
The pigs.
The cows.
The horses.
Why did the cows break into the storeshed?
They wanted more air.
Mr. Jones asked them to.
They were hungry.
What didn’t Mr. Jones do?
Pay his bills.
Feed the animals.
Read the newspaper.
What did the animals do to Mr. Jones and his men?
Had a party for them.
Locked them in the house.
Kicked them off of the farm.
What do the animals destroy?
The straw that they ate.
The farmhouse where the Joneses lived.
Things that remind them of Mr. Jones’ power.
Why does Snowball tell Mollie she cannot wear ribbons?
Ribbons symbolize slavery.
Ribbons are bad for a horse’s health.
All the ribbons were taken by Jones and his wife.
What did Squealer do that was so convincing to the other animals?
Move his tail.
Use pictures and diagrams.
Talk very loudly.
Which animal leaves the farm with the humans?
Bluebell the dog.
Moses the raven.
Benjamin the donkey.
What impressed the animals about the Jones’ house?
There was beer in the cellar.
It was so clean.
The luxury.
What ability do the pigs “reveal” that they have?
They can fly.
They can read and write.
They can play piano.
What does Orwell mean when he says Squealer can “turn black into white”?
Squealer is a good painter.
Squealer is good at magic.
Squealer is good at speaking.
What did the animals decide to do with the farmhouse?
Turn it into a museum.
Burn it down.
Use it for sleeping in.
What was the problem with the farm tools?
They were broken.
They were made for human hands.
The animals had burned them.
Why did Boxer ask the cockerels to call him a half-hour earlier in the morning?
It takes him a long time to get ready.
He is a heavy sleeper.
He wanted to do more work.
Snowball’s committees and programs were not very successful except for which one?
Egg Production Committee.
Clean Tails League.
Reading and writing classes.
Why did the animals enjoy their food more?
The animals produced it for themselves.
Muriel is a better cook than Mr. Jones.
They were able to drink milk with their meals.
Where do you find the pictures of a hoof and horn?
On the barn.
On the sign for the farm.
On the new flag.
Who enjoyed the slogan “Four legs good, two legs bad,” the most?
The Sheep.
Boxer.
Muriel.
Who takes the puppies away for an education?
Boxer.
Napoleon.
Snowball.
What happened to the milk and apples?
The pigs took them to eat.
The sheep took them to sell.
Mr. Jones destroyed them.
What does Squealer say to make the animals afraid?
If the pigs aren’t healthy, Mr. Jones will come back.
If the animals don’t work hard, they will be hungry.
If the animals eat the milk and apples, they will get sick.
Which is closest in meaning to, “Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones’ legs.”
Threw fifteen small stones at Jones.
Ran into Jones with his heavy weight.
Threw Jones’ bullets back at him.
There is a description of animals on other farms: “Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pails over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Above all, the tune and even the words of “Beasts of England” were known everywhere.”
Other animals’ rebelliousness.
Other animals’ calmness.
Other animals’ apathy.
In the first paragraph, the pigeons were sent out to mingle with the animals on neighboring farms. To “mingle” probably means:
Marry.
Mix with.
Destroy.
Fight.
“‘Beasts of England’ was irrepressible.” From the context, “irrepressible” means:
Not repressed.
Difficult to stop.
Free from oppression.
The other farmers were really good friends with Mr. Jones and wanted to help him.
True
False
The animals were surprised by the humans’ attack.
True
False
Snowball commanded the animals in battle.
True
False
The stable lad was killed by Boxer.
True
False
What happened to Mollie?
She was killed by Mr. Jones.
She betrayed Animal Farm and went to work for humans.
She began her own revolution in which all animals get sugar.
“In January there came bitterly hard weather.” This sentence means:
The weather didn’t taste good.
The weather was very firm.
The weather made it difficult to live.
The animals would “assemble” in the barn every Sunday. This most likely means
They would argue in the barn.
They would all meet together in the barn.
They would build a barn every Sunday.
What would be the benefit of a windmill, according to Snowball?
Wind would make the farm cooler.
Electricity would make life easier.
It could be used as a new place to sleep.
What did Napoleon say at first about the windmill?
It is a good idea.
Food production is more important.
It will be difficult to accomplish.
In Chapter V, besides the windmill, on what issue do Napoleon and Snowball disagree?
Defense of the farm.
Housing.
Egg laying.
What does Squealer accuse Snowball of?
Being lazy.
Being no better than a criminal.
Speaking too much.
What stopped the other pigs’ protests?
The animals’ applause.
The dogs’ growling.
Napoleon’s shouting.
What did Napoleon cancel?
Sunday meetings.
The windmill plans.
Singing “Beasts of England.”
