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Animal Farm Chapter 6-7

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Which line from the text uses a simile to prove how hard the animals worked?

a)

"It says, 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.'"

b)

"Nevertheless, as summer wore on, various unforeseen shortages were felt."

c)

"All that year, the animals worked like slaves."

d)

"The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of their hard work."

2.

What literary element is being used when the animals can no longer sing a song about rebellion when they really need another rebellion right now.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Foreshadow

c)

Imagery

d)

Irony

3.

Why was work on Sundays not really voluntary?

a)

those who did not volunteer would receive less food

b)

Those who did not volunteer would have to work extra on Saturdays

c)

Those who did not volunteer had to gather apples

d)

Those who did not volunteer were locked out of the farmhouse

4.

Why does Squealer use rhetorical questions in his propaganda speeches?

a)

To confuse the animals' thinking

b)

to create urgency

c)

to illustrate his knowledge

d)

to practice his listening skills

5.

When Napoleon begins to trade with the neighboring farm, what major rule is he contradicting (going against)?

a)

Man is the enemy

b)

No animal shall sleep in a bed

c)

All animals are equal

d)

No animal shall wear clothes

6.

How is Napoleon becoming a totalitarian leader

a)

He is leaving the decisions up to "the people"

b)

He listens to the people but makes his own decisions regardless

c)

He exerts total control over the people

d)

He holds elections and meetings

7.

How is Squealer's role in the story centered around propaganda

a)

He tries to overthrow Napoleon

b)

He acts as a mediator between the animals and Napoleon

c)

He tells lies to convince the animals Napoleon is fair

d)

He listens to the other animals and sympathizes with them

8.

Why does Napoleon fill the grain bins with mostly sand and top them off with real grain?

a)

To illustrate the desperation of Animal Farm

b)

To deceive the outside world

c)

To show respect for the hard work

d)

To allow his dogs plenty of food

9.

Which example of imagery below is meant to create fear?

a)

"It was a bitter winter. The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow..."

b)

"they dragged them [huge boulders] with desperate slowness up the slope to the quarry."

c)

"...with his nine huge dogs frisking round him and uttering growls that sent shivers down all the animals' spines."

d)

..."his {Boxer's} breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat.."

10.

The fact that some animals defend Snowball's actions in The Battle of Cowshed is an example of

a)

external conflict

b)

internal conflict

c)

foreshadow

d)

imagery

11.

What has Napoleon outlawed by the end of chapter 7?

a)

The seven commandments

b)

Trading with humans

c)

Singing Beast of England

d)

Walking on 2 legs

12.

What happened to the Fourth Commandment in Chapter Six?

a)

It was unchanged

b)

It was removed

c)

Squealer added the phrase "with sheets"

d)

Squealer added the phrase "without blankets"

13.

Who works the hardest on the windmill?

a)

Snowball

b)

Squealer

c)

Boxer

d)

Benjamin

14.

What is the new maxim (saying) that Boxer adopts?

a)

Napoleon is always wrong

b)

Napoleon is always right

c)

Napoleon is our king

d)

Snowball is always right