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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. What does Fern's mother accuse her of doing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
2. What does the gander do that irritates Charlotte when she calls a meeting?
3. For whom does Charlotte say she is making her masterpiece?
4. Why does Charlotte say Uncle will be hard for Wilbur to beat?
5. How does Charlotte describe the cousin in her second story?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the experience of going to the Fair different for the children and for the adults?
2. How is Fern's attitude toward the animals beginning to change during the time she spends at the Fair?
3. How can readers tell at the end of Chapter 21 that Wilbur is starting to grow up a little?
4. Why is Wilbur worrying during his first day at the Fair?
5. What lesson does the old sheep teach at the end of Chapter 12?
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. How has what is most important to Fern changed and how can you tell?
8. After whose hour of triumph might this chapter be named, and why?
9. How does Charlotte feel after finding out that Wilbur is to receive a special prize?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the role cycles play in Charlotte's Web. Think about different kinds of cycles contained in the story, such as the span of time covered by the majority of the narrative (the cycle of a year) or the cycle that the life of each character follows.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay discussing what Charlotte's Web has to say on the subject of fame. Include discussion of issues such as how people (and pigs) might achieve fame, what some beneficial and hurtful byproducts and effects of fame might be, and how fame might change people (and pigs) either for the better or the worse.
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