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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 Wilbur realizes is one of the most satisfying things in the world?
(a) Fame.
(b) A good dinner.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Safety.

2. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Making up wild tales.
(b) Not taking good care of Wilbur.
(c) Spending too much time fighting with Avery.
(d) Doing a bad job with her chores.

3. What does Dr. Dorian find just as miraculous as the writing in Charlotte's web?
(a) How spiders learned to spin webs in the first place.
(b) How talented a pig Wilbur is.
(c) How children grow up so quickly.
(d) How well the geese on the Zuckermans' farm speak.

4. At the end of the book, what does Fern claim is the most fun there is?
(a) When she and Henry are stopped at the top of the Ferris wheel.
(b) When all the new baby animals are born each year.
(c) When Wilbur is winning prizes at the County Fair.
(d) When she is sitting on a milk stool in the barn and listening to the animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Zuckerman prepare Wilbur for the Fair?

2. Which of the following is not a name Wilbur gives to one of Charlotte's children?

3. What does Charlotte write in her last web?

4. What does Dr. Dorian predict will happen to Fern?

5. Why must Charlotte stay behind in her web, rather than accompanying Wilbur in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Fern's attitude toward the animals beginning to change during the time she spends at the Fair?

3. How does Dr. Dorian feel about the possibility that animals can talk?

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

5. Why might Charlotte's children mean so much to Wilbur?

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

7. What effect do Charlotte's webs start to have on Wilbur?

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

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

10. How does Mrs. Arable feel about Fern's stories about the animals and what they talk about?

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