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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. Who is with Charlotte when she dies?
(a) Templeton.
(b) Wilbur.
(c) No one.
(d) Fern.

2. Where does Wilbur want Charlotte to come with him?
(a) Back to Fern's house.
(b) To the County Fair.
(c) Out into the barnyard.
(d) To his new owner's farm.

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

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

5. What was the greatest moment in Mr. Zuckerman's life?
(a) Meeting Mrs. Zuckerman.
(b) Selling a pig for a lot of money.
(c) Winning a prize for Wilbur.
(d) Retiring and selling his farm to someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Fern ride the Ferris wheel?

2. In what does Fern's mother get interested in spite of herself?

3. How does Wilbur carry Charlotte's egg sac?

4. Why does Fern put on her prettiest dress before the fair?

5. What do most of Charlotte's children do after they hatch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Wilbur act more like a child or an adult when it is time for him to go to sleep during his first night at the Fair?

2. Why does Charlotte think that the word Templeton brings back for her last web is particularly appropriate for Wilbur?

3. How is Charlotte's time and attention beginning to split as the trip to the County Fair approaches?

4. After whose hour of triumph might this chapter be named, and why?

5. How is the experience of going to the Fair different for the children and for the adults?

6. Which animals go to the Fair and why?

7. How can readers tell at the end of Chapter 21 that Wilbur is starting to grow up a little?

8. Before he is to leave the Fair and return to the farm, why does Wilbur bring up the fact that he once thought Charlotte was cruel and bloodthirsty?

9. How does Charlotte feel after finding out that Wilbur is to receive a special prize?

10. How has what is most important to Fern changed and how can you tell?

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