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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 oldest sheep say is the quickest way to ruin a friendship?
(a) Ask for too many favors.
(b) Wake somebody in the morning before he is ready.
(c) Hang around your new friend all the time.
(d) Keep borrowing things and not returning them.

2. Where does Templeton live?
(a) In a lair beneath the trough.
(b) In a bucket behind the sheep.
(c) In the woodpile behind the barn.
(d) In a hole in the barn's wall.

3. What does Avery ask for after he sees Fern's new pet?
(a) A new air rifle.
(b) The puppy he has wanted for months.
(c) A pig of his own.
(d) A new wooden dagger.

4. What spider body part does Charlotte teach Wilbur about?
(a) The legs.
(b) The abdomen.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The fangs.

5. What does Templeton do with the last egg?
(a) He eats it for dinner.
(b) He sits on it to hatch it.
(c) He adds it to his collection.
(d) He paints it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Arable respond to the idea of Fern believing that animals can talk?

2. What does Mr. Zuckerman instruct Lurvy to do to try to make Wilbur feel better?

3. What are Fern and her parents doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Who tells Wilbur he doesn't have to stay in his yard?

5. What is not something the author mentions Wilbur does to pass his days in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Charlotte's impression of people?

3. How seriously does Fern take her new responsibility of taking care of the pig?

4. Why might Wilbur feel particularly betrayed that John Arable is in on the "conspiracy" to kill him?

5. How do people react to Charlotte's first web?

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

7. What is most remarkable about Wilbur's daily routine?

8. Why is Wilbur so unhappy as a young pig after living in the Zuckerman's barn for awhile?

9. How might you compare and contrast the goose and Charlotte's attitudes toward life and death?

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

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