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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Fern and Avery mention they want to do at the Fair?
(a) Win a doll by spinning a wheel.
(b) Play the ring toss game.
(c) Eat and drink cheeseburgers and soda pop.
(d) Steer a jet plane.

2. What does Dr. Dorian predict will happen to Fern?
(a) Someday she will become a great vet.
(b) Someday Henry Fussy will drop a remark that catches her attention.
(c) Someday the animals will try to move into her house with her.
(d) Someday she will earn enough money to buy Wilbur back.

3. Where is Fern when Wilbur receives his special award?
(a) In the front row of the crowd.
(b) Holding hands with her mother.
(c) Kneeling next to Wilbur.
(d) Off with Henry Fussy.

4. How does Wilbur carry Charlotte's egg sac?
(a) Tucked under his chin.
(b) Nestled behind his left ear.
(c) Stuck behind his medal.
(d) In his mouth on top of his tongue.

5. For whom does Charlotte say she is making her masterpiece?
(a) Templeton.
(b) Herself.
(c) The Zuckermans.
(d) Wilbur.

6. What does Mr. Arable do to make Wilbur feel faint?
(a) He tells Mr. Zuckerman that he will get lots of meat when he kills Wilbur.
(b) He tells Mr. Zuckerman that Fern and the Arables will be moving away after the County Fair.
(c) He says he knew Wilbur would always be a runt and never amount to anything.
(d) He says that he doesn't think Wilbur has a chance to win a blue ribbon.

7. What does the author declare about Charlotte at the end of the book?
(a) She was tiny but loyal.
(b) She was both a true friend and a good writer.
(c) She was bloodthirsty except where pigs were concerned.
(d) She was possessed of a first-rate heart but second-rate handwriting.

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

9. What does Charlotte do in the night at the Fair that she almost never does?
(a) Let a fly go free from her web.
(b) Leave her web.
(c) Be nice to Templeton.
(d) Argue with Wilbur.

10. What does the cousin in Charlotte's first story do?
(a) Catch and eat a fish.
(b) Live in the same web in a house for 53 years.
(c) Ride on a truck from city to city.
(d) Burrow underground and make a web there.

11. Who wins first prize at the Fair?
(a) Porkins.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Lulu Belle.

12. What does Fern wish at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) That this day would never end.
(b) That she never had to grow up.
(c) That she were riding the Ferris wheel with Henry Fussy.
(d) That Wilbur will live forever.

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

14. With whom does Fern ride the Ferris wheel?
(a) With Henry Fussy.
(b) With Avery.
(c) With Wilbur and Charlotte.
(d) With her parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Zuckerman's dream about Wilbur?

2. At the end of the book, what does Wilbur conclude is the best place to be?

3. What does Mr. Zuckerman tell his wife to do when they find the new web?

4. What happens when Lurvy tries to wake up Wilbur?

5. Why must Charlotte stay behind in her web, rather than accompanying Wilbur in Chapter 15?

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