Chapter 9-10 Study Questions

Why does Boxer refuse to rest after he splits his hoof?

• He wants to make progress on the windmill and doesn't want the other animals to know he's in pain
• Napoleon doesn't allow him to retire since he hasn't reached his retirement age
• Snowball tells him he can't give up because the farm will collapse without him
• He won't get his retirement pension if he stops working

What have the animals been told will happen to them when they can no longer work?

• They go to Sugar Candy Mountain
• They must continue working
• They live in Jones's house
• They retire, receive old-age pensions and graze in a pasture

What indicates that the retirement plan for the animals is unrealistic and might not be carried through?

• The animals don't want to retire
• There's a shortage of food on the farm
• None of the animals have retired
• The pigs ignore the animals

What propagandistic euphemism does Squealer use to tell the animals that their rations are going to be reduce?

• "Rationing"
• "Reduction"
• "Cutting down"
• "Readjustment"

What new privileges for the pigs does Napoleon enact in Chapter 9?

• Wearing green ribbons and the animals stepping aside for pigs
• Drinking whisky and sleeping in beds
• College education and a new school for the young pigs
• Using computers and phones

What is Napoleon's new official status on Animal Farm?

• Emperor Napoleon
• Our leader Comrade Napoleon
• President of Animal Farm
• Master Napoleon

What is the allegorical significance of Moses' return to Animal Farm?

• The Nazi-Soviet Pact
• The discovery and assassination of Trotsky in Mexico
• The return and newfound tolerance of religion
• The Munich Agreement

What does Napoleon promise to do when he hears that Boxer is sick? What are his real intentions?

• Boxer will be sent to a hospital in Willingdon, where the veterinary surgeons would treat him; to have Boxer killed in exchange for money.
• Boxer will continue to work on the farm; to kill off Boxer by making him work harder
• Boxer will be sent to a hospital in Germany; to have Boxer slaughtered and turned into glue
• Boxer will be sent to work for Snowball; to lure Snowball out of hiding

How are Napoleon and Squealer able to convince the animals that Boxer died peacefully at the hospital instead of being killed by the horse slaughterer?

• Squealer witnessed Boxer's death with his own eyes
• The van had previously belonged to the knacker but was bought by the surgeon who hadn’t painted the old name out yet
• The horse slaughterer was secretly working to save Boxer but failed
• The van said "Willingdon Hospital"

What does the last chapter reveal about the new generations of animals that now live on Animal Farm?

• All the animals died and no one lives on Animal Farm
• The animals don’t know about the time before the Rebellion and only hear the Rebellion in stories
• The new generations of animals are working with Snowball to overthrow Napoleon
• The animals don't know how to read or write