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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 - The Crickets.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are Fern and her parents doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Having Sunday breakfast together.
(b) Cleaning the house together.
(c) Cooking Saturday night dinner together.
(d) Picking berries from the garden together.

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

5. What does "salutations" mean?
(a) "Greetings."
(b) "Quiet times."
(c) "Best friends."
(d) "Naps."

Short Answer Questions

1. What damage does Wilbur cause outside his fence?

2. What is the first question Fern asks her mother in the book?

3. What does Mr. Zuckerman tell his wife to do when they find the new web?

4. How would you describe Mr. Zuckerman's initial reaction to Charlotte's web?

5. Under what conditions does Mr. Zuckerman allow Fern to visit Wilbur?

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