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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe the voice Wilbur hears at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Deep and rumbling.
(b) Thin, but pleasant.
(c) Tiny, but sinister.
(d) Sweet and friendly.

2. What does Wilbur do every morning after breakfast?
(a) He cries until Fern comes home for lunch.
(b) He takes a nap until lunchtime.
(c) He waits with Fern until her bus comes.
(d) He follows Mrs. Arable around as she cleans the house.

3. Which of the following is not something Fern does when she comes to visit Wilbur?
(a) She does not sing.
(b) She does not watch Wilbur.
(c) She does not listen.
(d) She does not sit and think.

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

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) Give him extra-nice slops to eat.
(d) Feed him sulphur and molasses.

6. How does Fern like the barn best?
(a) When she can show her family around and introduce them to the animals.
(b) When it is early in the morning and the animals are just waking up.
(c) When she can be all alone with her friends the animals.
(d) When it is warm and cozy inside while it is raining outside.

7. Why does Fern miss Wilbur's noontime feeding?
(a) She must do her other chores then.
(b) She is away at school.
(c) She is busy playing with friends.
(d) She is running errands for her mother.

8. Which of the following is not one of Wilbur's plans for the day on which Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Eating.
(b) Standing still and thinking about what it is like to be alive.
(c) Running around for exercise.
(d) Chatting with Templeton the rat.

9. What is Charlotte doing at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Getting ready to move away to a safer home.
(b) Hanging upside-down to try to think of a plan.
(c) Weaving something in the middle of her web.
(d) Crying because she is scared.

10. How does Wilbur feel at first about being outside his fence?
(a) He is so excited he decides to run all the way to Fern's house.
(b) It feels queer to have nothing between him and the open world.
(c) He is angry he never thought to escape before.
(d) He is terrified of the world outside.

11. Why does Fern change her sneakers?
(a) She stepped in pig manure in the barn.
(b) They got wet when she walked through the grass.
(c) She has outgrown them.
(d) They have holes in them.

12. How does the rain in Chapter 4 disrupt Wilbur's plans?
(a) A leaky roof makes rain drip and soak his bed.
(b) He had wanted to go out and dig a new hole in his yard.
(c) All the loudest animals are driven inside the barn by the rain.
(d) The sound of the raindrops disturbs his nap.

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

14. What does Wilbur do to try to find his mysterious new friend?
(a) Look under the hay and behind his food trough.
(b) Wake up each animal one by one and ask him or her if he or she is the friend.
(c) Ask the party who addressed him the night before to give him a sign.
(d) Ask Templeton if he saw anything suspicious the night before.

15. How does Wilbur escape from the yard?
(a) By tunneling under the fence.
(b) By squeezing through a loose board in the fence.
(c) By knocking Mr. Zuckerman over.
(d) By walking through an open gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason the lamb gives for not playing with Wilbur?

2. What reason does Charlotte give Wilbur for why he doesn't need a web?

3. Whose speech does Fern repeat for her parents?

4. What does Wilbur do when he hears why the people are fattening him up?

5. Who is the first person to see what Charlotte has woven into her web?

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