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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Templeton would do if he could get away with it?
(a) Rip up Charlotte's web.
(b) Kill a gosling.
(c) Steal all the eggs on the farm.
(d) Eat all of Wilbur's food.

2. Why does Fern change her sneakers?
(a) They got wet when she walked through the grass.
(b) She stepped in pig manure in the barn.
(c) They have holes in them.
(d) She has outgrown them.

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

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

5. According to the author, when is a time when it is hard to sleep?
(a) When your stomach is empty and your mind is full.
(b) When your spirit is weak and your soul is sad.
(c) When your heart is heavy and your mind is light.
(d) When your stomach is full and your head is heavy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Templeton live?

2. Why is Mr. Arable going to kill one of the pigs?

3. What is Fern glad to see Wilbur knows how to do once he is moved outside?

4. What does the goose know about Wilbur's future that Wilbur does not yet?

5. What is the first question Fern asks her mother in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the other animals feel about the fact that Templeton would have no problem with killing a baby gosling?

2. How would you describe the relationship between Fern and Wilbur in Chapter 2?

3. What is the relationship like between Fern and the animals at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Are the goose and the gander more sentimental or more practical? Why do you think as you do?

5. How does Charlotte explain that spider webs are a good thing?

6. Why does Wilbur like Charlotte better and better each day?

7. What kind of a father is Mr. Arable described as being?

8. Why does Wilbur have so much trouble sleeping at the beginning of Chapter 5?

9. For what reason was Mr. Arable going to kill the runt?

10. How would you describe Wilbur's feelings about his early life with Fern in Chapter 2?

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