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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of Charlotte's children do after they hatch?
(a) Make balloons and float away on the wind.
(b) Follow Wilbur around everywhere he goes.
(c) Start spinning webs in all of the corners of the barn.
(d) Beg Templeton to collect words for them to write.

2. What happens when Lurvy tries to wake up Wilbur?
(a) He trips and falls into Mr. and Mrs. Arable.
(b) He gets red and embarassed when he is unable to wake the pig.
(c) He drenches Mc. Zuckerman and Avery with a pail of water.
(d) He fans Wilbur with his new blanket.

3. Which of the following is not a way that Charlotte's egg sac is described?
(a) Waterproof.
(b) Gray and white like a puffy cloud.
(c) Resembling cotton candy.
(d) Tough and strong.

4. Why does Charlotte say that it doesn't matter if Wilbur isn't actually terrific?
(a) Because people don't expect much from a pig anyway.
(b) Because she will pick another word to write in her next web.
(c) Because people believe anything they read in print.
(d) Because she will teach him some terrific tricks.

5. Who is missing from the meeting when Charlotte calls attendance?
(a) Templeton.
(b) One of the goslings.
(c) The old sheep.
(d) Wilbur.

6. Why does Charlotte say Uncle will be hard for Wilbur to beat?
(a) Because of Uncle's size and weight.
(b) Because of Uncle's winning personality.
(c) Because of Uncle's funny jokes.
(d) Because of Uncle's cleanliness.

7. What reason does Charlotte give for weaving her webs for Wilbur?
(a) She promised his mother she would help him.
(b) She liked him.
(c) It was good practice for her web-weaving skills.
(d) She made a bet with Templeton that she could save Wilbur.

8. In what does Fern's mother get interested in spite of herself?
(a) Fern's explanation for how to take care of baby goslings.
(b) Watching Fern knit a sweater for Wilbur.
(c) The story about Charlotte's cousin.
(d) Fern and Avery's plans for building a new swing.

9. Why does Charlotte want Templeton to come to the Fair?
(a) To keep him from causing mischief in the barnyard while she is gone.
(b) Wilbur is the one who wants Templeton to come.
(c) To help her guard Wilbur.
(d) To run errands and do general work.

10. At the end of Chapter 18, how does Fern feel about the time she spent at the Fair?
(a) She says she couldn't enjoy herself very much because she was too worried about Wilbur.
(b) She says she had a bad time because Avery and Henry Fussy kept teasing her.
(c) She says she didn't enjoy it too much because the Ferris wheel made her sick to her stomach.
(d) She says she had the best time she has ever had anywhere or any time in all of her whole life.

11. Where does Wilbur want Charlotte to come with him?
(a) Back to Fern's house.
(b) Out into the barnyard.
(c) To his new owner's farm.
(d) To the County Fair.

12. How are Wilbur's destiny and Templeton's destiny linked, according to Charlotte?
(a) They can help each other become stars if they pool their talents.
(b) They would make great pets for Fern and Avery.
(c) If anything happens to Wilbur, Templeton won't have any food to eat.
(d) Mr. Zuckerman is plotting to get rid of both of them.

13. How does Dr. Dorian imagine it must be like to sit in a barn and listen to animals?
(a) Dreary.
(b) Smelly.
(c) Loud.
(d) Enchanting.

14. Why must Charlotte stay behind in her web, rather than accompanying Wilbur in Chapter 15?
(a) Charlotte is afraid to leave her web.
(b) It is time for her to lay an egg sac and fill it with eggs.
(c) The goose needs help with her new nest full of eggs.
(d) Someone must keep an eye on Templeton.

15. Why did Charlotte want to make the Zuckermans think that Wilbur is an unusual pig?
(a) So they will let him live with Fern again.
(b) So they will give him better food.
(c) So they wouldn't kill and eat him.
(d) So they'll enter him in the County Fair pig contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old sheep tell Templeton after seeing what has happened to Templeton since Wilbur kept his promise to the rat?

2. When will all the babies be born on the farm?

3. What does Fern wish at the end of Chapter 19?

4. What does the author declare about Charlotte at the end of the book?

5. What is Charlotte's magnum opus?

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