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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - Explosion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is not something the author mentions Wilbur does to pass his days in Chapter 7?
(a) Eat three meals a day.
(b) Gain lots of weight.
(c) Roll around in the mud often.
(d) Lie down half asleep and dream pleasant dreams.
2. 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 trapping him in a net.
(d) By reasoning with him.
3. Why does Fern change her sneakers?
(a) She stepped in pig manure in the barn.
(b) They have holes in them.
(c) They got wet when she walked through the grass.
(d) She has outgrown them.
4. Why is Mr. Arable going to kill one of the pigs?
(a) He wants to cook it for breakfast.
(b) It has been attacking the other pigs.
(c) It is the runt of the litter.
(d) He wants to sell the meat at market.
5. Where is Avery at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Behind the barn, whittling sticks.
(b) By the pond, catching frogs.
(c) Upstairs, looking for his slingshot.
(d) In the farmyard, bothering the animals.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who first notices that Wilbur is free of his fence?
2. When Fern is telling her parents about the barn animals, who does Fern say is "us"?
3. What is Wilbur particularly glad Charlotte does before eating a victim?
4. What does the goose advise Wilbur to do once the people notice he is free?
5. What do Fern and Avery play on in Mr. Zuckerman's barn?
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