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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Arable say Fern will see once he agrees to let her raise the baby pig?
(a) What dirty creatures pigs are.
(b) How mean and ornery pigs can be.
(c) What trouble a pig will be.
(d) How hard it is not to want to eat a pig once it gets big and fat.

3. Which of the following is not a piece of advice Charlotte gives Wilbur at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Eat and drink only a little.
(b) Keep fit and don't lose your nerve.
(c) Never hurry and never worry.
(d) Gain weight and stay well.

4. Which of the following is not something that disturbs Wilbur when he is trying to sleep?
(a) The sound of the goose turning on her nest and clucking to herself.
(b) The sound of Templeton gnawing a hole in the grain bin.
(c) A bad tummy-ache from eating too much slop.
(d) Having many things on his mind.

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

6. What does Avery think of Fern's new pet pig?
(a) He thinks it is a beautiful specimen of a pig.
(b) He thinks it will be a lot of trouble.
(c) He thinks it smells bad.
(d) He thinks it is miserable and small.

7. What does Charlotte warn will happen if the egg Templeton took breaks?
(a) The goose and the gander will be sad.
(b) All of Templeton's things will stick together.
(c) Templeton will want another egg.
(d) The smell will be so bad no one will be able to live in the barn.

8. How does Mrs. Arable respond to the idea of Fern believing that animals can talk?
(a) She doesn't think it is normal and plans to tell Fern's doctor.
(b) She isn't interested or concerned.
(c) She is delighted by her daughter's imagination.
(d) She thinks Fern is acting out to get attention.

9. What damage does Wilbur cause outside his fence?
(a) He scares a flock of chickens.
(b) He pulls Mrs. Zuckerman's hanging laundry into a mud puddle.
(c) He eats a bunch of crops.
(d) He plows up some ground with his nose.

10. What does Charlotte do when Templeton takes the last egg away?
(a) She warns the rest of the animals to watch their things.
(b) She frowns and says, "No good will come of this."
(c) She asks if she can have an egg next time.
(d) She laughs and says "A rat is a rat."

11. According to the owner of the voice Wilbur hears at the end of Chapter 4, when will Wilbur see him/her?
(a) In the morning.
(b) In the evening.
(c) After lunch.
(d) On Saturday.

12. In which season was Wilbur born?
(a) He was born in summer.
(b) He was born in spring.
(c) He was born in fall.
(d) He was born in winter.

13. How does Mr. Arable respond to the idea of Fern believing that animals can talk?
(a) He tells Mrs. Arable Fern is spending too much time at the barn.
(b) He is worried something is wrong with her ears.
(c) He says he hears them talking, too.
(d) He seems amused and says maybe animals do talk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Templeton take from Wilbur?

2. What does Mrs. Arable do when Fern first claims that the animals talk?

3. Before Charlotte speaks up, who is going to help Wilbur calm down after receiving the bad news?

4. What does Charlotte say is the dirtiest trick she ever heard of?

5. Why does Fern change her sneakers?

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