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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilbur react to his new found fame?
(a) He insists on having Templeton help him collect newspaper clippings about himself.
(b) He remains modest and unspoiled.
(c) He orders the other animals around.
(d) He becomes stuck up and refuses to associate with the other animals.

2. Why does Mr. Zuckerman ask Lurvy to start building a crate for Wilbur?
(a) He is planning to take Wilbur to the County Fair.
(b) He intends to sell Wilbur to the farmer down the road.
(c) He wants to keep Wilbur safe so no one will steal him.
(d) He wants to lock WIlbur up so no more webs will appear.

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

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

5. Where does Templeton hide during the day at the fair?
(a) In an old soda pop cup.
(b) Under the straw at the bottom of Wilbur's crate.
(c) Under some crumpled newspapers.
(d) Behind some dirty rags.

6. At the end of the book, what does Fern claim is the most fun there is?
(a) When she and Henry are stopped at the top of the Ferris wheel.
(b) When Wilbur is winning prizes at the County Fair.
(c) When all the new baby animals are born each year.
(d) When she is sitting on a milk stool in the barn and listening to the animals.

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

8. What about Fern's behavior does her mother not find normal?
(a) Wanting to be a tomboy with Avery.
(b) Spending so much time alone with just animals.
(c) Mooning after boys in her class.
(d) Refusing to wash dishes or help with the laundry.

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

10. What does Charlotte write in her last web?
(a) Pig Supreme.
(b) With New Radiant Action.
(c) Humble.
(d) Crunchy.

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

12. What does Charlotte ask Templeton to bring her back from the fair?
(a) Some junk food, to cheer Wilbur up.
(b) Some rope, so they can make a pretend web for Wilbur.
(c) A word, so she can write something new in her web.
(d) Fern, to come talk to Wilbur.

13. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Spending too much time fighting with Avery.
(b) Making up wild tales.
(c) Doing a bad job with her chores.
(d) Not taking good care of Wilbur.

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

15. Who does the voice on the loud speaker at the fair say cannot write?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Spiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte do in the night at the Fair that she almost never does?

2. What happens in Wilbur's bad dream?

3. How does Wilbur carry Charlotte's egg sac?

4. Why does Charlotte say Uncle will be hard for Wilbur to beat?

5. What does Dr. Dorian find just as miraculous as the writing in Charlotte's web?

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