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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Wilbur particularly glad Charlotte does before eating a victim?
(a) Put the victim to sleep.
(b) Apologize to the victim.
(c) Make sure the victim is a bad insect.
(d) Warn Wilbur so he can look away.

2. What is Fern glad to see Wilbur knows how to do once he is moved outside?
(a) Root in the ground for food.
(b) Bathe himself in the pond.
(c) Run and hide from bigger animals.
(d) Tunnel under straw to keep warm.

3. What do Fern and Avery play on in Mr. Zuckerman's barn?
(a) The ladder to the hay loft.
(b) An old wagon.
(c) A swing.
(d) Hay bales.

4. Why does everyone watch Templeton when he first approaches the goose?
(a) They are afraid the goose will hurt Templeton.
(b) He is not well liked or trusted.
(c) They are waiting for him to do something funny.
(d) He is yelling for them to watch him.

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

6. Who ties a string to Wilbur's tail and why?
(a) Mr. Zuckerman ties the string to fasten Wilbur to the fence so he won't wander off.
(b) Fern ties the string so Wilbur won't forget the upcoming County Fair.
(c) Charlotte ties the string so Wilbur can pretend to be a spider.
(d) Templeton ties the string so Wilbur can try to spin a web.

7. What does the oldest sheep say is the quickest way to ruin a friendship?
(a) Keep borrowing things and not returning them.
(b) Wake somebody in the morning before he is ready.
(c) Hang around your new friend all the time.
(d) Ask for too many favors.

8. How many goslings hatch from the goose's eggs?
(a) Eight hatch.
(b) Ten hatch.
(c) Seven hatch.
(d) Four hatch.

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

10. Why is Wilbur saddened by his new friend?
(a) She is mean and teases him.
(b) She doesn't like Fern.
(c) He thinks she is bloodthirsty.
(d) She can't spend very much time with him.

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

12. What is Charlotte's middle initial?
(a) S..
(b) X.
(c) C.
(d) A.

13. Which of the following is not a reason the lamb gives for not playing with Wilbur?
(a) The lamb is already busy playing with a calf.
(b) The lamb can't get into Wilbur's pen.
(c) The lamb doesn't play with pigs.
(d) The lamb is not interested in pigs.

14. 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) No one brings her her meals the way Wilbur is fed every day.
(c) Flies and bugs are what come to her.
(d) If she didn't eat flies and bugs, they would grow so numerous they would destroy the earth.

15. What does Charlotte promise Wilbur at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) That she will make him the best Christmas present ever.
(b) That she will save him.
(c) That she will always be his friend.
(d) That she will help him think of something nice to do for Fern.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fern say Wilbur feels about Charlotte?

2. How does Fern feed her new pet?

3. When Fern is telling her parents about the barn animals, who does Fern say is "us"?

4. What does Charlotte warn will happen if the egg Templeton took breaks?

5. Where does Templeton live?

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