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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - A Talk at Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first question Fern asks her mother in the book?
(a) Has the litter of baby pigs been born yet?
(b) What's for breakfast?
(c) Where's Papa going with that ax?
(d) When can I get a new pet?

2. Why can't Charlotte see Wilbur as clearly as he can see her?
(a) She is too busy spinning her web to look at him.
(b) He is hiding in a pile of straw.
(c) She is near-sighted.
(d) The lamb is blocking her view.

3. What does the oldest sheep say is the quickest way to ruin a friendship?
(a) Wake somebody in the morning before he is ready.
(b) Ask for too many favors.
(c) Hang around your new friend all the time.
(d) Keep borrowing things and not returning them.

4. Why does Fern worry about Wilbur when her father first moves him outside?
(a) She thinks other animals will bother him.
(b) She thinks he will run away.
(c) She thinks he will be cold at night.
(d) She thinks he will be lonely.

5. Why is Wilbur unconcerned that he has been growing bigger?
(a) He is still very skinny.
(b) He says that at his age it's a good idea to keep gaining.
(c) He still can squeeze under the rails of the fence in the yard.
(d) He says that as the runt of the litter, he had a lot of catching up to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, when is a time when it is hard to sleep?

2. What does Mr. Arable say Fern will see once he agrees to let her raise the baby pig?

3. What are Fern and her parents doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Where does Templeton live?

5. How does Wilbur escape from the yard?

(see the answer key)

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