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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 happens once news of Charlotte's web spreads?
(a) People are spooked and begin to avoid the Zuckermans.
(b) Mr. Zuckerman pleads with Charlotte to weave another, bigger web.
(c) People come from all around to see Wilbur and the web.
(d) Exterminators show up and offer to get rid of Charlotte.

2. What does Charlotte do while she is spinning her web?
(a) Snack on flies.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Yawn over and over.
(d) Talk to herself.

3. Why is a manure pile a good place to keep a young pig?
(a) A manure pile is the worst place to keep a young pig.
(b) Pigs like flies, and a manure pile attracts many flies.
(c) Pigs need warmth, and a manure pile is warm and comfortable.
(d) Pigs like to smell terrible, and a manure pile is stinky.

4. What happens in Wilbur's bad dream?
(a) Charlotte dies.
(b) Templeton takes all of his food.
(c) Men come to get him with knives and guns.
(d) Fern moves away.

5. What does Mrs. Arable do when Fern first claims that the animals talk?
(a) Laughs and asks to hear more.
(b) Gazes at her with a queer, worried look.
(c) Gets bored and tells Fern to stop making up stories.
(d) Ignores Fern and tells her to stop being silly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who takes care of Wilbur's noontime feeding for Fern?

3. What recent barnyard event does Fern tell her parents about at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What does Templeton take from Wilbur?

5. What does the Zuckermans' barn mostly smell of?

(see the answer key)

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