View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Dorian imagine it must be like to sit in a barn and listen to animals?
(a) Loud.
(b) Enchanting.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Smelly.

2. How does Charlotte describe the cousin in her second story?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A climber.
(c) An artist.
(d) An aeronaut.

3. What about Fern's behavior does her mother not find normal?
(a) Mooning after boys in her class.
(b) Wanting to be a tomboy with Avery.
(c) Refusing to wash dishes or help with the laundry.
(d) Spending so much time alone with just animals.

4. Why do the judges award Wilbur a special prize?
(a) For being the most beautiful pig at the County Fair.
(b) For knowing how to read, write, and speak.
(c) For doing better tricks than Uncle.
(d) For attracting so many visitors to the County Fair.

5. Who is with Charlotte when she dies?
(a) Templeton.
(b) No one.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Fern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fern wish at the end of Chapter 19?

2. How does the old sheep convince Templeton to go to the Fair?

3. Why does Fern put on her prettiest dress before the fair?

4. What is the oldest sheep's idea for how Charlotte can get ideas for more words to write in her web?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Charlotte feel after finding out that Wilbur is to receive a special prize?

3. Why is life in the barn so good for Wilbur?

4. How is the experience of going to the Fair different for the children and for the adults?

5. Before he is to leave the Fair and return to the farm, why does Wilbur bring up the fact that he once thought Charlotte was cruel and bloodthirsty?

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

7. Why does Wilbur struggle when the men try to put him in the crate?

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

9. After whose hour of triumph might this chapter be named, and why?

10. Does Wilbur act more like a child or an adult when it is time for him to go to sleep during his first night at the Fair?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,315 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample