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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilbur feel at first about being outside his fence?
(a) He is angry he never thought to escape before.
(b) It feels queer to have nothing between him and the open world.
(c) He is terrified of the world outside.
(d) He is so excited he decides to run all the way to Fern's house.

2. How does Wilbur escape from the yard?
(a) By walking through an open gate.
(b) By knocking Mr. Zuckerman over.
(c) By squeezing through a loose board in the fence.
(d) By tunneling under the fence.

3. Why does Fern miss Wilbur's noontime feeding?
(a) She is away at school.
(b) She must do her other chores then.
(c) She is busy playing with friends.
(d) She is running errands for her mother.

4. Which of the following is not something Templeton prefers to spend his time doing?
(a) Hiding.
(b) Spying.
(c) Frolicking.
(d) Eating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fern feel about being entrusted with the care of a baby pig?

2. What does the goose advise Wilbur to do once the people notice he is free?

3. Why does Mrs. Arable say Mr. Arable is probably right to kill the pig?

4. How does Fern think of Wilbur?

5. Which of the following is not one of Wilbur's plans for the day on which Chapter 4 opens?

(see the answer key)

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