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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. How does the author describe a spider's web at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Easily broken.
(b) Made of thick, sticky cords.
(c) Stringy and ugly.
(d) Stronger than it looks.

2. What season is it on the farm at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) It is fall.
(b) It is winter.
(c) It is spring.
(d) It is summer.

3. What are Fern and her parents doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Having Sunday breakfast together.
(b) Picking berries from the garden together.
(c) Cooking Saturday night dinner together.
(d) Cleaning the house together.

4. Which of the following is not one of Wilbur's plans for the day on which Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Chatting with Templeton the rat.
(b) Running around for exercise.
(c) Eating.
(d) Standing still and thinking about what it is like to be alive.

5. How does Fern describe Charlotte to her parents?
(a) Wilbur's best friend, who is terribly clever.
(b) A creepy, bloodthirsty pest.
(c) A tiny spider, who is not very important compared to the other animals.
(d) A wise teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wilbur escape from the yard?

2. Why does Fern worry about Wilbur when her father first moves him outside?

3. Who first notices that Wilbur is free of his fence?

4. How often does Mrs. Arable say Fern goes to the barn?

5. What does Wilbur witness Charlotte catch in her web in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Wilbur's boast and how does Fern feel when she hears him make it?

3. Why do you think Fern goes rigid on her stool one time while visiting with the barn animals?

4. What sorts of things are most important to Fern at the beginning of the book?

5. What kind of voice does Wilbur use to call for his new friend, and what does this voice tell the reader about Wilbur's development at this point?

6. How would you describe Templeton in Chapter 4 of the story?

7. What are some fun things described in Chapter 6 that children can do in nature during the spring and summer?

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

9. How grown-up is Wilbur by the end of Chapter 3?

10. Why does Uncle Homer agree to buy Wilbur?

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