Animal Farm Plot recall Quiz
Animal Farm by George Orwell · 11 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 9 min
Test your knowledge of Animal Farm with 11 plot recall questions with answers and explanations — quick check of what happens and when. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole novella.
Quick check of what happens and when. Drawn from the whole novella — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Recall · Difficulty: Easy
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- What careless act by Mr Jones lets the animals gather undisturbed on the night of the meeting?
He goes to bed drunk and leaves the henhouse unsecured · He falls asleep in the barn after drinking all day · He forgets to chain the dogs in the farmhouse kitchen · He leaves the main farm gate standing open overnight
- What actually triggers the rebellion on Midsummer's Eve?
Jones announces he is selling Boxer to the knacker · Jones goes drinking and the animals are left unfed · Jones orders the hens' eggs taken to market early · Jones drives the cows out of the store-shed at dawn
- How does Boxer answer the demands of the farm's first harvest?
He takes charge of organising the work parties · He learns to read so he can follow instructions · He adopts a private motto about working harder · He asks Snowball to give him lighter duties
- How do Mr Pilkington and Mr Frederick respond to the rising next door?
They offer to buy the farm from Jones outright · They send their own men to work the farm's fields · They put a price on Snowball's and Napoleon's heads · They spread lurid rumours about conditions there
- What does Snowball propose to build, and what does he promise it will bring?
A schoolroom for the farm's young animals · A windmill that would power light and machines · A wall along the road to keep humans out · A store-shed big enough for a whole harvest
- How do the animals get the stone they need for the windmill?
They dig it from the field beyond the orchard · They take down the farm's old boundary wall · They topple boulders off the edge of the quarry · They buy dressed stone through a human agent
- How is the near-empty store-shed presented to Mr Whymper?
The hens' eggs are stacked where he is sure to see · The shed is locked and he is shown the fields instead · The bins are filled with sand and topped with grain · Squealer reads him figures from the farm's accounts
- How does Frederick pay for the farm's pile of timber?
With banknotes that turn out to be forgeries · With a cheque Mr Whymper refuses to accept · With machinery for the unfinished windmill · With cattle driven over from Pinchfield Farm
- Who returns to the farm after years away, and what does he talk about?
Jones, with a warrant from the magistrates · Moses, with his tales of a paradise in the sky · Mollie, with stories of her life in Willingdon · Snowball, with a new plan for the windmill
- What does Clover see when Squealer leads the pigs out of the farmhouse?
They carry Old Major's skull out to be buried · They drive the sheep ahead of them in a line · They wear Jones's clothes and carry his guns · They walk upright, and Napoleon carries a whip
- What does Old Major identify as the single cause of the animals' misery?
The animals' failure to organise themselves · The poor soil of the farm and its wet climate · Human beings, who live off what animals produce · The neighbouring farmers' refusal to trade fairly
Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.
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