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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. What is not something the author mentions Wilbur does to pass his days in Chapter 7?
(a) Eat three meals a day.
(b) Lie down half asleep and dream pleasant dreams.
(c) Gain lots of weight.
(d) Roll around in the mud often.

2. What does the Zuckermans' barn mostly smell of?
(a) It mostly smells of manure.
(b) It mostly smells of fish.
(c) It mostly smells of hay.
(d) It mostly smells of new rope.

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

4. What does Mrs. Arable do when Fern first claims that the animals talk?
(a) Ignores Fern and tells her to stop being silly.
(b) Laughs and asks to hear more.
(c) Gazes at her with a queer, worried look.
(d) Gets bored and tells Fern to stop making up stories.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Charlotte tell Wilbur that people are?
(a) They are gullible.
(b) They are cruel.
(c) They are patient.
(d) They are loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wilbur saddened by his new friend?

2. What do Fern and Avery play on in Mr. Zuckerman's barn?

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

4. What reason does the old sheep give for why the people are fattening Wilbur up?

5. How does Wilbur escape from the yard?

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