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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Loneliness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the goose advise Wilbur to do once the people notice he is free?
(a) Go find Fern.
(b) Run for the woods.
(c) Hide in the straw behind the barn.
(d) Hurry back to his pigpen.

2. What does Fern say at the beginning of the book that she sees no difference between?
(a) Killing a full-grown pig and killing a little pig.
(b) Killing a calf and killing a little pig.
(c) Killing a little girl and killing a little pig.
(d) Killing a spider and killing a little pig.

3. What reason does Mr. Arable give for why Fern gets to keep a pig?
(a) Mr. Arable is trying to teach her a lesson about responsibility.
(b) She was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of an injustice.
(c) It is time for her to help out around the household.
(d) He has been promising to give her a pet for a long time.

4. What does Wilbur do every morning after breakfast?
(a) He waits with Fern until her bus comes.
(b) He takes a nap until lunchtime.
(c) He follows Mrs. Arable around as she cleans the house.
(d) He cries until Fern comes home for lunch.

5. What damage does Wilbur cause outside his fence?
(a) He pulls Mrs. Zuckerman's hanging laundry into a mud puddle.
(b) He scares a flock of chickens.
(c) He plows up some ground with his nose.
(d) He eats a bunch of crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Fern does when she comes to visit Wilbur?

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

3. Who takes care of Wilbur's noontime feeding for Fern?

4. What does Mr. Arable say when Fern pleads with him to not kill the pig?

5. What does the Zuckermans' barn mostly smell of?

(see the answer key)

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