Chapter 5
1. What is the matter with Mollie? Why is her behavior perceived as troubling? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Where did Mollie disappear to? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did [“none] of the animals ever [mention] Mollie again.”?
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4. What are the essential differences between Snowball and Napoleon as leaders in this chapter?
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5. How do the animals respond to the plans for the windmill?
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6. How and why does Napoleon respond the way he does? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. What effect did the windmill debate have on the farm animals?
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8. How does Snowball present it?
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9. How does Napoleon present it? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. How do their arguments differ? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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11. How are Snowball and Napoleon divided over the issue of defense? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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12. What does the animals’ inability to pick a side tells you about them? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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13. What does Snowball use to gain support for his windmill plans? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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14. What do the dogs represent? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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“It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr. Jones.” (49)
15. What does this observation indicate?
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16. What does Napoleon do right after Snowball is chased off the farm? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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17. Why are there going to be no more debates? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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18. What happened to the pigs who tried to protest?
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19. Examine Squealers speech closely. What points does he make? Are they valid? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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20. How does Boxer cope with the changes? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
21. What is the significance of disinterring the skull of Old Major?
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22. Why do you think the animals no longer sit together?
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23. At what cost is the windmill to be built? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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24. “This, said Squealer, was something called tactics.” (53) What do you call it? Would any of the animals agree with you? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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25. What is the irony in Snowball’s plans to improve life on the farm? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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