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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. Why does Fern change her sneakers?
(a) They got wet when she walked through the grass.
(b) She has outgrown them.
(c) She stepped in pig manure in the barn.
(d) They have holes in them.

2. How does Fern feel about being entrusted with the care of a baby pig?
(a) Blissful and lucky.
(b) Worried about the responsibility.
(c) Unbothered because she plans to make her parents take care of it.
(d) Angry and put-upon.

3. What does Mr. Arable say Fern will see once he agrees to let her raise the baby pig?
(a) How hard it is not to want to eat a pig once it gets big and fat.
(b) What trouble a pig will be.
(c) What dirty creatures pigs are.
(d) How mean and ornery pigs can be.

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

5. Before Charlotte speaks up, who is going to help Wilbur calm down after receiving the bad news?
(a) The goose.
(b) Fern.
(c) Templeton.
(d) The old sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the goose know about Wilbur's future that Wilbur does not yet?

2. What does Wilbur do to try to find his mysterious new friend?

3. What is not something the author mentions Wilbur does to pass his days in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Dr. Dorian?

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

(see the answer key)

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