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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - Explosion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fern feed her new pet?
(a) Fern's mother feeds the pet.
(b) With warm milk from a baby's nursing bottle.
(c) With cold milk from a bowl.
(d) With a handful of slops from breakfast.

2. What is Wilbur's first bed?
(a) A blanket in the corner of Fern's room.
(b) A box near the stove in the kitchen.
(c) A box in the woodshed.
(d) A pillow in the hall closet.

3. 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) Ignores Fern and tells her to stop being silly.
(d) Gets bored and tells Fern to stop making up stories.

4. How does Mr. Zuckerman get Wilbur to return to the pigpen?
(a) By luring him back with a pail full of slops.
(b) By trapping him in a net.
(c) By reasoning with him.
(d) By chasing him around and around the barn.

5. What does Mr. Zuckerman instruct Lurvy to do to try to make Wilbur feel better?
(a) Take him for a walk around the barn.
(b) Play with him for an hour a day.
(c) Feed him sulphur and molasses.
(d) Give him extra-nice slops to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte say is the dirtiest trick she ever heard of?

2. Why is a manure pile a good place to keep a young pig?

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

4. What does the old sheep say happens to young pigs around Christmas time?

5. What is Charlotte's idea for saving Wilbur?

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