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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. How does Dr. Dorian imagine it must be like to sit in a barn and listen to animals?
2. What was the greatest moment in Mr. Zuckerman's life?
3. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
4. Who is missing from the meeting when Charlotte calls attendance?
5. Why did Charlotte want to make the Zuckermans think that Wilbur is an unusual pig?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Charlotte feel after finding out that Wilbur is to receive a special prize?
2. How has what is most important to Fern changed and how can you tell?
3. Which animals go to the Fair and why?
4. How can readers tell at the end of Chapter 21 that Wilbur is starting to grow up a little?
5. How is Charlotte's time and attention beginning to split as the trip to the County Fair approaches?
6. 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?
7. After whose hour of triumph might this chapter be named, and why?
8. How is Fern's attitude toward the animals beginning to change during the time she spends at the Fair?
9. What can readers tell about Charlotte's position in the barn from the meeting the animals have?
10. Why does Charlotte think that the word Templeton brings back for her last web is particularly appropriate for Wilbur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the concept of freedom and what it means to be free, addressing questions such as the following: Are there different kinds of freedom, such as freedom of movement, freedom from worry, and freedom of choice? Which animals in this book were free, and in what way and to what degree? How do different kinds of freedom affect an animal's happiness and quality of life in this book?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
One theme in Charlotte's Web is the idea that animals and humans depend on each other in various ways. Write an essay evaluating the different small and large ways the lives of the different characters are interconnected in a web of dependence. How are the animals and human dependent on one another? Are they always aware of this dependence? Do they teach each other any lessons?
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