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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fern want when everyone is preparing to take Wilbur to the judges' stand to receive a special award?
(a) To find Henry Fussy to come with them.
(b) To get some money for the midway.
(c) To have her picture taken with Wilbur.
(d) To give Wilbur a bath in buttermilk to clean him.

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

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

4. Which of the following is not a name Wilbur gives to one of Charlotte's children?
(a) The name Chloris.
(b) The name Nellie.
(c) The name Aranea.
(d) The name Joy.

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

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

7. At the end of the book, what does Fern claim is the most fun there is?
(a) When Wilbur is winning prizes at the County Fair.
(b) When she and Henry are stopped at the top of the Ferris wheel.
(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.

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

9. According to Mr. Arable, the Fair is a good place to start doing what?
(a) Selling pigs.
(b) Growing up.
(c) Eating junk food.
(d) Staying close to your parents.

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

11. What is Charlotte's magnum opus?
(a) Her abdomen.
(b) Her web.
(c) Her egg sac.
(d) Her lower leg joints.

12. What does the old sheep tell Templeton after seeing what has happened to Templeton since Wilbur kept his promise to the rat?
(a) That he would live longer if he ate less.
(b) That he would have more friends if he helped others more.
(c) That soon he will be too fat to move.
(d) That the only reason he can stay at the farm is because Wilbur likes him.

13. Why does Fern put on her prettiest dress before the fair?
(a) Her father tells her that only tomboys wear overalls all the time.
(b) She knows she will see boys at the Fair.
(c) He mother makes her change into it.
(d) She wants to look nice for 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) Smelly.
(d) Loud.

15. What does the author say Wilbur realizes is one of the most satisfying things in the world?
(a) A good dinner.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Safety.
(d) Fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Dorian predict will happen to Fern?

2. Why did Charlotte want to make the Zuckermans think that Wilbur is an unusual pig?

3. Why does Charlotte want Templeton to come to the Fair?

4. Where does Wilbur want Charlotte to come with him?

5. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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