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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. Which of the following is not a defense Charlotte offers for her way of life -- catching bugs and eating them?
(a) The other spiders will make fun of her if she doesn't eat bugs.
(b) Flies and bugs are what come to her.
(c) No one brings her her meals the way Wilbur is fed every day.
(d) If she didn't eat flies and bugs, they would grow so numerous they would destroy the earth.

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

3. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Doing a bad job with her chores.
(b) Spending too much time fighting with Avery.
(c) Making up wild tales.
(d) Not taking good care of Wilbur.

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

5. Who is Dr. Dorian?
(a) The local minister.
(b) The farmyard vet.
(c) A professor who studies talking animals.
(d) Fern's family doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte know when she hears the song of the crickets at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. Which of the following is not a reason Mr. Arable offers for why Fern must sell Wilbur?

3. What does Wilbur witness Charlotte catch in her web in Chapter 5?

4. Who warns Templeton to stay away from the goslings?

5. What does the voice Wilbur hears at the end of Chapter 4 tell him?

(see the answer key)

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