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Animal Farm: Chapters 5-6
Complete.
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1.
Napoleon and Snowball divided the animals into two factions. What slogan did each pig create?
2.
What news did pigeons provide regarding Mollie, days later?
3.
What was ironic about Napoleon's announcement concerning volunteer work on Sundays?
4.
How had the Fourth Commandment been altered?
5.
What phrase did Napoleon frequently use to squelch any disagreements from the animals?
6.
Who agreed to act as a go-between in conducting business between Animal Farm and humans?
7.
How did Napoleon plan to obtain some of the needed items?
8.
How did Napoleon use the farm's misfortune to his advantage?
9.
What unexpected move did the pigs make shortly after hiring Mr. Whymper?
10.
What special talent did Minimus possess?
11.
What happened when Snowball spoke at a meeting rallying support for the windmill, and was clearly
winning the animals' approval?
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12.
What was the biggest problem in building the windmill?
13.
What was done with Old Major's skull?
14.
Why did Clover fetch Muriel to join her at the end of the big barn?
15.
What did Snowball propose for construction, which would make life easier for the animals of the farm?
16.
What motto did Boxer add to his private motto of "I will work harder"?
17.
How did Snowball escape the vicious dogs?
18.
Who now sat on a raised platform in front of the other animals?
19.
What happened on a stormy night in November?
20.
Who became Napoleon's information assistant, brainwashing the animals on Napoleon's greedy
decisions?
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Animal Farm: Chapters 5-6
Look through the original commandments on page 33. Which ones have now been broken? Give story
details to explain each violation.
Answer Key
1. Snowball's slogan was "Vote for Snowball and the three-day work week." Napoleon's catchphrase
was "Vote for Napoleon and the full manger."
2. Mollie had become a carthorse on the other side of Willingdon.
3. While work was on a volunteer basis, anyone who did not work Sundays would have their food rations
cut in half.
4. It now read "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets."
5. "Surely, comrades, you don't want Jones back."
6. Mr. Whymper
7. He proposed selling their wheat, hay, and eggs in order to obtain needed items.
8. Napoleon blamed the damaged windmill on Snowball, claiming he'd slipped unto the property to
sabotage it.
9. They moved into the farmhouse.
10. He was clever at composing poems that honored Napoleon.
11. Napoleon uttered a weird whimper that secretly signaled an attack from nine enormous dogs.
12. They had to develop a way to break up huge boulders into smaller, usable pieces.
13. It was dug up and mounted on a stump beside the flagstaff.
14. She wanted Muriel to read to her the Fourth Commandment.
15. a windmill
16. "Napoleon is always right."
17. He spurted through the pasture and down the road, escaping through a hold in the hedges.
18. Napoleon, Squealer, a pig named Minimus, and the nine vicious dogs.
19. The windmill blew over.
20. Squealer