Animal Farm Chapter 9 Reading Quiz

When the chapter begins, Boxer will be turning 12 soon. What has been the standard retirement age for horses on Animal Farm?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• There is no retirement age

What new term does Squealer use for "rationing" the food?

• reduction

• readjustment

• alteration

• limitless

In addition to the regular work on the farm, what projects to the animals have to work on?

• the windmill and the schoolhouse

• the windmill and the barley field

• the schoolhouse and the flagpole

• the flagpole and the farm house

Which young animals began receiving an education?

• the pigs

• the pigs and the sheep

• the dogs

• all of the young animals

What happened to the small field that was supposed to be designated for retired animals?

• the schoolhouse was built on it

• the pigs built a new house on it

• the pigs used it to plant barley

• Snowball destroyed it

When Animal Farm was declared a Republic, which animals were candidates for President?

• Napoleon and Squealer

• Napoleon, Squealer, and Boxer

• Napoleon and Boxer

• only Napoleon

Who returns in the middle of the summer?

• Jones

• Mollie

• Moses

• Snowball

What Boxer wanted most before retiring was to make sure there was a good store of stone for building the windmill.

• TRUE

• FALSE

After Boxer collapsed, where did Napoleon send him?

• to the veterinary surgeon in town

• to Pilkington's farm for medical help

• to a horse slaughterer

• nowhere; he stayed on the farm

After listening to Squealer's explanation, the animals believed that Boxer died happy.

• TRUE

• FALSE