Charlotte's Web

What is the setting of Charlotte's Web?

• The zoo
• The Zuckerman's farm
• The forest
• The junkyard

Wilbur is almost killed in the beginning of the story because...

• he is too big
• he is hurt
• he is too small
• he is sick

Who took care of Wilbur when he was a baby?

• Mr. Arable
• Mrs. Arable
• Fern
• Mrs. Zuckerman

When Mr. Arable wanted to sell Wilbur, what did Mrs. Arable suggest Fern do?

• Offer to use her chore money and birthday money to buy feed for Wilbur
• Call the Zuckermans because Uncle Homer sometimes raised pigs
• Train Wilbur to do a trick or two to impress Mr. Arable
• Hide the runt pig in the hayloft until Mr. Arable forgot about him

Why wouldn’t the goose play with Wilbur?

• She needed to stay outside the fence to keep the troublesome swallows away.
• She preferred to spend the beautiful summer days floating on the pond.
• She didn’t like how the slippery manure in the pigpen felt on her feet.
• She was sitting on her eggs, in order to keep them toasty warm.

Who owned the barn where Wilbur was kept? 

• Mr. Lurvy
• Mr. Arable
• Mr. Zuckerman

What bad news did the old sheep deliver to Wilbur?

• Fern and her family were moving to another country
• He was being fattened up to be butchered
• Mr. Zuckerman had purchased a huge, prizewinning male pig.
• His mother had died the day before.

The old sheep thought Templeton could help Charlotte with her webs by _____.

• catching bugs for her so she could spend more time spinning her webs
• cleaning the dust off the wooden beams over the barn door
• bringing back magazine clippings from the dump
• decorating the webs with the bits of colored string he had in his collection

When Wilbur first meets Charlotte, he thinks that she is _______.

• rude
• bloodthirsty
• funny
• silly

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

How does Charlotte plan to save Wilbur?

• By biting Mr. Zuckerman
• By helping Wilbur escape
• She doesn't
• By writing words on her web