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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why does Charlotte have Wilbur run around?

2. Where does Wilbur want Charlotte to come with him?

3. How does Mrs. Zuckerman prepare Wilbur for the Fair?

4. Why does Charlotte want Templeton to come to the Fair?

5. What was the greatest moment in Mr. Zuckerman's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charlotte's time and attention beginning to split as the trip to the County Fair approaches?

2. What can readers tell about Charlotte's position in the barn from the meeting the animals have?

3. What kind of lullaby does Charlotte sing to Wilbur?

4. Which animals go to the Fair and why?

5. How can readers tell at the end of Chapter 21 that Wilbur is starting to grow up a little?

6. How is Fern's attitude toward the animals beginning to change during the time she spends at the Fair?

7. What lesson does the old sheep teach at the end of Chapter 12?

8. Why is Wilbur worrying during his first day at the Fair?

9. How does Dr. Dorian feel about the possibility that animals can talk?

10. How has what is most important to Fern changed and how can you tell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What lessons does Charlotte's Web teach about what it means to be a true friend? Consider issues such as how true friendships form, what true friends do for each other, and whether a true friendship might change its shape in various ways over time as the friends themselves change.

Essay Topic 2

One theme in Charlotte's Web is the idea that animals and humans depend on each other in various ways. Write an essay evaluating the different small and large ways the lives of the different characters are interconnected in a web of dependence. How are the animals and human dependent on one another? Are they always aware of this dependence? Do they teach each other any lessons?

Essay Topic 3

How do Garth Williams' illustrations deepen a reader's understandings of the characters, setting, and theme of the story? Examine the moments he chooses to illustrate and think about what they express that the text alone cannot. Address also how different the experience of reading the book would be without the illustrations.

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