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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why does Charlotte have Wilbur run around?
(a) She wants to see if he is radiant in action.
(b) She wants him to lose weight and look less delicious.
(c) She wants him to be in good shape so he can escape.
(d) She wants to teach him some new tricks for the County Fair.

2. Who wins first prize at the Fair?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Wilbur.
(c) Lulu Belle.
(d) Porkins.

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

4. What is the oldest sheep's idea for how Charlotte can get ideas for more words to write in her web?
(a) Templeton can collect and bring back paper advertisements from the dump.
(b) The goose and the gander can scare the mailman and steal some letters.
(c) The animals can sneak some of the Zuckermans' newspapers into the barn.
(d) Fern can bring books from her house.

5. What does Charlotte predict for Wilbur after he has been awarded the special prize?
(a) Wilbur will have to win a prize at the County Fair every year to keep from being killed and turned into bacon and ham.
(b) Nothing will ever happen to him because he means a great deal to Mr. Zuckerman now.
(c) Fern will bring Wilbur back to her house to live.
(d) Mr. Zuckerman will sell Wilbur for a lot of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Zuckerman's dream about Wilbur?

2. For whom does Charlotte say she is making her masterpiece?

3. How are Wilbur's destiny and Templeton's destiny linked, according to Charlotte?

4. At the end of the book, what does Wilbur conclude is the best place to be?

5. What does the author say Wilbur realizes is one of the most satisfying things in the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are things on the farm changing as summer turns to fall?

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

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

7. Why does Charlotte think that the word Templeton brings back for her last web is particularly appropriate for Wilbur?

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

9. 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?

10. Which animals go to the Fair and why?

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