Show:
Chapter 7
A
Chapter 7
B
Chapter 8
A
Chapter 8
B
Vocabulary
100
This animal is being blamed for all the ills of Animal Farm. (Question 8)
Who is Snowball?
100
Napoleon is trying to sell this to the neighboring farms. (Question 7)
What is timber?
100
This animal is now announcing all orders to the rest of the animals. (Question 3)
Who is Squealer?
100
This animal is getting all of the credit for the success of the farm. (Question 6)
Who is Napoleon?
100

"Once again it was being put about that all the animals were dying of __________ and disease, and that they were continually fighting among themselves and had resorted to cannibalism and infanticide." (= a severe shortage of food that can cause people or animals to starve.)

What is "famine"?

200
The humans say this reason is why the animals' windmill collapsed. (Question 1)
What is "the walls were too thin"?
200
These are the rumors humans are now spreading about Animal Farm. (Question 3)
What are "dying of famine and disease, fighting with each other, and committing cannibalism and infanticide"?
200
This is what the animals discover about the money used to pay for the timber.
What is "fake"?
200
This is what the humans do after completing their "trade" with the animals. (Question 10)
What is "attack the farm"?
200

"For five days the hens held out, then they ______ and went back to their nesting boxes. Nine hens had died in the meantime." (= to give up or surrender)

What is "capitulate"?

300
This is the crisis that happened in January at the start of Chapter 7. (Question 2)
What is a food shortage?
300
This person is supposed to be plotting to attack the farm. (Question 9)
Who is Frederick of Pinchfield Farm?
300
This is how the current situation on the farm ACTUALLY compares to the days when Jones was in charge. (Question 2)
What is "the animals have to work longer hours and are fed no better"?
300
This is what Squealer tells the other animals about how the current situation on the farm compares to the days when Jones was in charge. (Question 2)
What is "better: food production is up by 200%, 300%, 500%"?
300

"In the late summer yet another of Snowball’s _________ was laid bare (=revealed). The wheat crop was full of weeds, and it was discovered that on one of his nocturnal visits Snowball had mixed weed seeds with the seed corn. " (=a word meaning secret plots or schemes. )

What is "machinations"?

400
This is the what happened to the hens after they protested Napoleon selling their eggs. (Question 6)
What is "nine hens died because Napoleon stopped giving them food"?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: This is how the 6th Commandment is changed after the executions.
What is "no animal shall kill any other animal WITHOUT CAUSE"?
400
This is what the pigs do after their victory over the humans. (Question 12)
What is "drink a case of whisky"?
400
This is one rumor spread about the Frederick's farm as described in Chapter 8. (Question 7)
What are "he's plotting to attack," "he's cruel to his animals," "he flogs, starves, and kills his animals"?
400

DAILY DOUBLE: "Three days later there was a terrible ___________. ... The news of what had happened sped round the farm like wildfire. The banknotes were forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!" (=it means a loud uproar or noisy commotion.)

What is "hullabaloo"?

500
These are the evidence that Squealer uses to "prove" Snowball's true motivation during the original rebellion. (Question 11)
What are secret documents?
500
This is how Squealer now describes Snowball's role in the original rebellion. (Question 10)
What is "on Mr. Jones's side"?
500
This is what is happening to Animal Farm's history during the course of the book. (Question 8)
What is "changed to benefit Napoleon and the pigs?"
500
This is how the 5th Commandment is changed at the end of Chapter 8. (Question 15)
What is "no animal shall drink alcohol TO EXCESS"?
500

"At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paint-brush, and an overturned pot of white paint. The dogs immediately made a ring round Squealer, and escorted him back to the farmhouse as soon as he was able to walk. None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his __________ with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing. " (=means the nose and mouth area of an animal’s face)

What is "muzzle"?