Animal Farm, Ch. 9

Animal Farm, Ch. 9

Multiple Choice

Who dies during this chapter?

• Boxer

• Squealer

• Napoleon

• Clover

Multiple Choice

Which character discovers that the truck taking Boxer away isn't a veterinary truck?

• Benjamin

• Clover

• Muriel

• Squealer

Retirement

• Boxer's hoof doesn't heal very well; he says he's trying to make it to retirement.

• Retirement ages:

• Pigs and horses - 12

• Cows - 14

• Dogs - 9

• Sheep - 7

• Geese & hens - 5

Retirement

• A pasture has been set aside for retired animals, with pensions of a certain amount of food set aside for each day.

Multiple Choice

Three animals have already retired.

• True

• False

How does Squealer prove that life is better now?

• He reads off "figures" proving that they have more oats, hay, and other crops, and that they're working less.

• The animals (except for the pigs and dogs) have reduced rations, even though the pigs say that everything is better.

Changes on the farm...

• There are 31 new piglets to feed.

• They want to build a school for the piglets.

• Other animals must stand aside for the pigs when they're walking.

• The farm is declared a "republic."

Multiple Choice

Who is elected president?

• Snowball

• Napoleon

• Boxer

• Squealer

Multiple Choice

How do the pigs try to keep up the other animals' spirits?

• They hold spontaneous demonstrations.

• They feed them more.

• They bring someone to the farm to entertain them.

Moses's Return

• Moses the Raven returns and begins preaching to the animals

• The pigs allow him to stay, even though they denigrate what he says.

Boxer

• Boxer falls while dragging rocks to the windmill site.

• He's too injured to recover, so Squealer says that the vet has been called.

• In actuality, they have sold Boxer to the glue factory.