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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 - The Egg Sac.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlotte doing at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Weaving something in the middle of her web.
(b) Hanging upside-down to try to think of a plan.
(c) Crying because she is scared.
(d) Getting ready to move away to a safer home.

2. Which of the following is not a reason Mr. Arable offers for why Fern must sell Wilbur?
(a) He is uncontrollable and badly behaved.
(b) He is eating real food and Mr. Arable is not willing to provide for him.
(c) He is big enough to sell.
(d) He is not a baby any more.

3. What does Dr. Dorian find just as miraculous as the writing in Charlotte's web?
(a) How talented a pig Wilbur is.
(b) How children grow up so quickly.
(c) How spiders learned to spin webs in the first place.
(d) How well the geese on the Zuckermans' farm speak.

4. When Fern is telling her parents about the barn animals, who does Fern say is "us"?
(a) Fern and her parents.
(b) Fern and her aunt and uncle.
(c) Fern and Avery.
(d) Everybody in the barn cellar.

5. What does Wilbur witness Charlotte catch in her web in Chapter 5?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) An ant.
(c) A bee.
(d) A fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fern think of Wilbur?

2. What spider body part does Charlotte teach Wilbur about?

3. What reason does the old sheep give for why the people are fattening Wilbur up?

4. Who gives Wilbur some bad news in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Mr. Zuckerman ask Lurvy to start building a crate for Wilbur?

(see the answer key)

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