Animal Farm - Chapter 7

The awful Winter weather brings about

• cold and sadness

• starvation

• plenty of food

• happiness and content

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The building of the windmill

• stops completely.

• continues and is finally finished.

• is decided to build thicker walls.

• is carried out only by the pigs.

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Napoleon takes Mr. Whymper round the farm to

• help him look for Snowball.

• hear the other animals' complaints.

• trick him into thinking that rumours about famine are untrue.

• start negotiations with neighbouring farms.

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The execution that Napoleon plans parallels Stalin’s bloody elimination of any opposition to him during the 1920s and 1930s. Here we see Napoleon as:

• a good and heroic leader.

• a dictator and a tyrant.

• an excellent speaker and communicator.

• a character that delegates.

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When Boxer defends himself from the attack,

• it shows how weak he is.

• he scares Napoleon away.

• some of the animals decide to confess their crimes.

• is one reason why the revolution has failed.

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The detailed description of the farm is used by Orwell to,

• portray the exceptional ruling by the pigs.

• show what the animals have lost and how the revolution could have turned out.

• Show the better ruling of it by humans.

• indicate how well the animals are running the farm.

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How does Napoleon get the hens to lay eggs for him to sell?

• He increases their food rations substantially.

• He gives them no food until nine die and the others agree.

• He tells them they won’t have to do any other work if they lay eggs.

• He beats them until they agree.

What do the animals decide to do about rebuilding the windmill?

• They decide not to rebuild it.

• They decide to hire human workers to rebuild it.

• They decide to work all winter and make it twice as thick.

• They wait for Mr. Whymper to tell them what to do.

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What does Squealer tell the animals about Snowball?

• He was a true hero, and he is sorry he has died.

• He is not as smart or handsome as Napoleon even though he says he is.

• His windmill design was inferior and cost all animals months of extra labor.

• He is living at Mr. Jones’s and planned the Battle of the Cowshed with Mr. Jones

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What happens to the animals that confess to being in league with Snowball?

• They are forced off the farm.

• They are killed by the dogs.

• They are made servants to the pigs.

• They are put in a shed that is now the farm’s prison

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