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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilbur do when he hears why the people are fattening him up?
(a) He yawns.
(b) He jumps for joy.
(c) He screams.
(d) He laughs.

2. Who tells Wilbur he doesn't have to stay in his yard?
(a) Fern tells him.
(b) The gander tells him.
(c) Mr. Zuckerman tells him.
(d) The goose tells him.

3. What is Fern glad to see Wilbur knows how to do once he is moved outside?
(a) Run and hide from bigger animals.
(b) Tunnel under straw to keep warm.
(c) Bathe himself in the pond.
(d) Root in the ground for food.

4. What does Wilbur do to try to find his mysterious new friend?
(a) Look under the hay and behind his food trough.
(b) Ask Templeton if he saw anything suspicious the night before.
(c) Ask the party who addressed him the night before to give him a sign.
(d) Wake up each animal one by one and ask him or her if he or she is the friend.

5. What is Wilbur's first bed?
(a) A box in the woodshed.
(b) A pillow in the hall closet.
(c) A blanket in the corner of Fern's room.
(d) A box near the stove in the kitchen.

6. How does Mr. Zuckerman get Wilbur to return to the pigpen?
(a) By luring him back with a pail full of slops.
(b) By chasing him around and around the barn.
(c) By reasoning with him.
(d) By trapping him in a net.

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

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

9. How would you describe Mr. Zuckerman's initial reaction to Charlotte's web?
(a) He is delighted.
(b) He is unconcerned.
(c) He is shaken.
(d) He is furious.

10. What is not something the author mentions Wilbur does to pass his days in Chapter 7?
(a) Roll around in the mud often.
(b) Eat three meals a day.
(c) Gain lots of weight.
(d) Lie down half asleep and dream pleasant dreams.

11. How does Mrs. Arable respond to the idea of Fern believing that animals can talk?
(a) She thinks Fern is acting out to get attention.
(b) She isn't interested or concerned.
(c) She is delighted by her daughter's imagination.
(d) She doesn't think it is normal and plans to tell Fern's doctor.

12. Where does Templeton live?
(a) In a bucket behind the sheep.
(b) In the woodpile behind the barn.
(c) In a hole in the barn's wall.
(d) In a lair beneath the trough.

13. What has Charlotte woven into her web?
(a) A picture of a first prize ribbon.
(b) The words "WILBUR'S HOME".
(c) A picture of Wilbur.
(d) The words "SOME PIG".

14. 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) What dirty creatures pigs are.
(c) What trouble a pig will be.
(d) How hard it is not to want to eat a pig once it gets big and fat.

15. Who warns Templeton to stay away from the goslings?
(a) The goose warns him.
(b) The gander warns him.
(c) Mr. Zuckerman warns him.
(d) Fern warns him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Charlotte see Wilbur as clearly as he can see her?

2. What are Fern and her parents doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What is Charlotte's idea for saving Wilbur?

4. Why does Fern miss Wilbur's noontime feeding?

5. What does the author say Templeton would do if he could get away with it?

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