Animal Farm, Chapter 6

Animal Farm, Chapter 6

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Multiple Select

How is farm life different in Chapter 6 than it was before?

• There are no Sunday meetings.

• Boxer helps make decisions.

• The pigs sleep an hour later than everyone else.

• Moses has returned to encourage the animals.

• The animals must work on Sundays, too.

Life on the farm...

• The animals are working harder than they did under Jones.

• They have reduced rations as they build the windmill.

• They now have to work Sundays, if they don't want their food portions cut.

• The pigs sleep in an extra hour and hand out all assignments on Sundays.

Multiple Choice

Who is the proxy for the animals' trading?

• Mr. Pilkington

• Mr. Frederick

• Mr. Whymper

• Mr. Jones

Trading

• Napoleon decides they need to begin trading with men so that they can get necessary items.

• They sell some hay and part of the wheat crop; if necessary, they will sell the hens' eggs.

• Mr. Whymper becomes the broker for the animals, interacting with other humans for them.

What indicates the humans' acceptance of Animal Farm?

• They have begun to refer to Animal Farm by its name, rather than calling it Manor Farm.

• They are looking for ways to trade with the animals, rather than take the farm back over.

Multiple Choice

What are the animals spending the most time working on?

• The windmill

• The wheat fields

• Making new equipment

• Plowing new ground

How is the windmill being constructed?

• The animals are dragging big pieces of rock to the top of a little cliff and pushing them off, breaking it into more manageable pieces.

• The animals then drag the rock and arrange it into the position necessary.

• They are halfway through building it when...

Multiple Choice

What happens to the windmill?

• The wind knocks it down.

• Snowball sabotages it.

• The humans knock it down.

• Nothing; it's fine.

How is Snowball made to be a scapegoat?

• A scapegoat is a person who is blamed for everything.

• Napoleon immediately blames Snowball and says he sabotaged the animals.

• He offers "Animal Hero, Second Class" to any animal who captures him; half a bushel of apples if he's dead, a full bushel if he's alive.

• Squealer walks around afterwards telling the animals how evil and sneaky Snowball is.

The Pigs

• The pigs move into the farm house.

• They sleep in the beds; other animals think that one of the commandments forbade that, but they see it now reads "...with sheets," so the pigs aren't breaking it.

Mix-Pair-Share

• List three differences in the farm now compared to before.

• How and why do the animals begin trading with humans?

• Describe how the windmill is built and what happens.

Pair Discussion: Gryffindors/Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs/Slytherins

The animals are working harder than ever under the pigs. Why are they still content?

Why is Napoleon turning Snowball into a scapegoat? Predict how this might affect future problems on Animal Farm.