'ANIMAL FARM' - WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER 9

A- VOCABULARY

a hoof
to split
to heal
pain
lung
retirement
a flea
a rule
short of money
to put on weight
hardships
a caption
foodstuffs
bellies
lump sugar
contemptuously
an allowance
to bear
sweat
hush
the knacker's
sorrow
relieved
a wooden crate
a quarrel
to stir

B - ALL THOSE STATEMENTS ARE FALSE , CORRECT THEM TO TURN THEM INTO TRUE ONES

Boxer's decline has come, he's already twelve.
That winter was colder, the food was shorter.
Squealer calls the readjustment of rations 'a reduction'.
Squealer reads them figures to prove that their living conditions haven't improved.
Four young pigs are born to the farm: they're Napoleon's offspring.
They are given the same treatment as all the others.
A schoolhouse is to be destroyed for the elite.
As rations keep being reduced, the pigs' lives get worse.
One more commandment is respected as the pigs take to drink.
In spite of ceremonies and demonstrations, the animals forget their hunger.
Animal Farm becomes a Monarchy governed by an elected President.
Moses is back after several months: he is welcomed by the pigs.
Boxer dies of exhaustion to everybody's grief and concern.
Squealer is the one who suggests to send Boxer to a hospital.
Boxer actually ends up in hospital where he peacefully passes away.
Nobody is naive enough to believe Squealer's descriptions of Boxer's end.
With the money they get from buying Boxer, the pigs sell whisky and celebrate.

C- SUMMARY

.................... begins to age, but continues to labour at the .................... of the windmill.
.................... are reduced, except for those of the .................... and the .....................
.................... pigs are born, and their privileged .................... is supervised by Napoleon.
Compulsory '.................... demonstrations' are held.
Squealer provides .................... to show how much .................... life is now than it was in .................... ' day.
Moses the .................... returns and tells the animals about .........................................
Animal Farm is declared a ...................., with one .................... for President: Napoleon.
.................... collapses and is taken off to the slaughterhouse.
Squealer claims Boxer .................... in hospital, but Benjamin knows better.
There is a grotesque memorial ...................., attended only by the pigs.