E. B. White:The Author Who Spun Charlotte's Webb

The main idea of the article is

• E. B. White loved spiders.

• E. B. White liked living on a farm.

• how E. B. White wrote Charlotte's Web.

• why E. B. White was called Andy.

Andy's farm was located in

• Maine.

• Westchester County.

• Canada.

• New Jersey.

When Andy said he wanted ideas to "ripen" before he wrote a book, he meant

• he wanted them slowly to grow and improve.

• he wanted them to happen quickly.

• he wanted to write them of fruit scented paper.

• he wanted to discuss them with his wife, Charlotte.

According to the article, Andy brought the spider's eggs to New York City because

• he didn't want spiders living on his farm.

• the mother spider had died.

• he wanted to keep them safe.

• he wanted to watch the eggs hatch.

Which is not a detail from the first paragraph?

• E. B. White sat in a barn.

• Andy watched a spider spin a web.

• He wanted to write about a spider.

• Andy wrote Stuart Little.

Which sentence is an opinion?

• Andy wrote many articles and poems.

• Andy traveled to New York City.

• Charlotte's Web is the best children's book ever written.

• Spiders lay eggs.

According to the article, how did Andy feel about spiders?

• He enjoyed watching them.

• He was afraid of them.

• He thought they were pests.

• He collected them.

Andy wrote most of Charlotte's Web in

• an office.

• a boathouse.

• a car.

Andy said that Charlotte's Web was really about

• true friendship.

• the eating habits of spiders and pigs.

• animal extinction.

• war and peace.