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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Charlotte when she dies?

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

3. What does Charlotte do while she is spinning her web?

4. Which of the following is not an errand or favor that Templeton points out that he has done for Wilbur and Charlotte?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does Wilbur struggle when the men try to put him in the crate?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes of the book is an acceptance of the practical side of nature: some animals must die so others may live. Write an essay evaluating this idea, mentioning moments in the book when the characters must face or cause death.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between the webs Charlotte weaves and the effect the words have on Wilbur? Consider issues such as why Charlotte chooses each word or phrase, how fitting she feels each is, how fitting Wilbur feels each is, and how Wilbur behaves after each web is woven and presented to an audience.

Essay Topic 3

Because the narrative covers an extended period of time, the reader gets to witness several characters growing up and maturing. Focusing mainly on Fern and Wilbur, but also mentioning minor characters such as Avery and the goslings, write an essay about ways animals and humans change in this book as they grow up and mature.

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