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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 Wilbur react to his new found fame?
(a) He insists on having Templeton help him collect newspaper clippings about himself.
(b) He orders the other animals around.
(c) He becomes stuck up and refuses to associate with the other animals.
(d) He remains modest and unspoiled.

2. In Chapter 13, why does Charlotte have Wilbur run around?
(a) She wants to teach him some new tricks for the County Fair.
(b) She wants him to lose weight and look less delicious.
(c) She wants him to be in good shape so he can escape.
(d) She wants to see if he is radiant in action.

3. Which of the following is not a way that Charlotte's egg sac is described?
(a) Resembling cotton candy.
(b) Waterproof.
(c) Tough and strong.
(d) Gray and white like a puffy cloud.

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

5. What does the cousin in Charlotte's first story do?
(a) Ride on a truck from city to city.
(b) Live in the same web in a house for 53 years.
(c) Burrow underground and make a web there.
(d) Catch and eat a fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Fern's behavior does her mother not find normal?

2. How does Dr. Dorian imagine it must be like to sit in a barn and listen to animals?

3. When will all the babies be born on the farm?

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

5. How is Charlotte feeling at the end of Chapter 17?

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. 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?

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

4. What kind of lullaby does Charlotte sing to Wilbur?

5. Why is life in the barn so good for Wilbur?

6. How are things on the farm changing as summer turns to fall?

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

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

9. What can readers tell about Charlotte's position in the barn from the meeting the animals have?

10. Which animals go to the Fair and why?

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