“All the animals took up the cry of "Get out, Boxer, get out!" But the van was already gathering speed and drawing away from them. It was uncertain whether Boxer had understood what Clover had said. But a moment later his face disappeared from the window and there was the sound of a tremendous drumming of hoofs inside the van. He was trying to kick his way out. The time had been when a few kicks from Boxer's hoofs would have smashed the van to matchwood. But alas! his strength had left him; and in a few moments the sound of drumming hoofs grew fainter and died away.”
What can you infer from this passage?
Boxer understood what was happening to him.
Boxer was much weaker now than he had been in the past.
Boxer did not understand what Clover was trying to communicate to him.
Boxer was much weaker now than he had been in the past and he understood what was happening to him.