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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what conditions does Mr. Zuckerman allow Fern to visit Wilbur?
(a) She must help out with chores around the farm.
(b) She cannot let Wilbur out or enter his pigpen herself.
(c) She can only come once a week.
(d) She must bring food for all the farm animals.

2. Which of the following is not one of Wilbur's plans for the day on which Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Chatting with Templeton the rat.
(b) Standing still and thinking about what it is like to be alive.
(c) Running around for exercise.
(d) Eating.

3. What reason does Charlotte give Wilbur for why he doesn't need a web?
(a) He already has a nice place to sleep.
(b) Zuckerman feeds him.
(c) He wouldn't like how bugs taste.
(d) It's too much of a bother to take care of.

4. Why does Fern change her sneakers?
(a) She stepped in pig manure in the barn.
(b) She has outgrown them.
(c) They have holes in them.
(d) They got wet when she walked through the grass.

5. What happens if Wilbur gets tired when he and Fern take walks?
(a) She carries him home in her arms.
(b) She pushes him in her doll carriage while he sleeps.
(c) She lets him rest in the grass while she climbs trees.
(d) She sits under a tree and settles him in her lap for a nap.

6. What spider body part does Charlotte teach Wilbur about?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The abdomen.
(c) The fangs.
(d) The legs.

7. Why does Templeton say he won't break the egg?
(a) He doesn't want to ruin his other things.
(b) He doesn't want to make the barn smell bad.
(c) He handles stuff like this all the time.
(d) He doesn't want to upset the goose and gander.

8. What season is it on the farm at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) It is spring.
(b) It is winter.
(c) It is fall.
(d) It is summer.

9. How does Fern like the barn best?
(a) When it is warm and cozy inside while it is raining outside.
(b) When it is early in the morning and the animals are just waking up.
(c) When she can show her family around and introduce them to the animals.
(d) When she can be all alone with her friends the animals.

10. What does Mr. Arable say Fern will see once he agrees to let her raise the baby pig?
(a) How mean and ornery pigs can be.
(b) How hard it is not to want to eat a pig once it gets big and fat.
(c) What dirty creatures pigs are.
(d) What trouble a pig will be.

11. In which season was Wilbur born?
(a) He was born in fall.
(b) He was born in spring.
(c) He was born in summer.
(d) He was born in winter.

12. What does Charlotte warn will happen if the egg Templeton took breaks?
(a) Templeton will want another egg.
(b) All of Templeton's things will stick together.
(c) The smell will be so bad no one will be able to live in the barn.
(d) The goose and the gander will be sad.

13. Whose speech does Fern repeat for her parents?
(a) The goose's speech.
(b) Charlotte's speech.
(c) Templeton's speech.
(d) Wilbur's speech.

14. How many goslings hatch from the goose's eggs?
(a) Eight hatch.
(b) Seven hatch.
(c) Ten hatch.
(d) Four hatch.

15. What does Mr. Arable say when Fern pleads with him to not kill the pig?
(a) That she should not be a silly, weak girl.
(b) That he's her father and she must listen to him.
(c) That she will have to learn to control herself.
(d) That he will sell it to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a defense Charlotte offers for her way of life -- catching bugs and eating them?

2. Except for the goose, who is the first to know the goslings have hatched?

3. What does Templeton take from Wilbur?

4. When Fern is telling her parents about the barn animals, who does Fern say is "us"?

5. Where is Avery at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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