Charlotte’s Web Quizzes

Charlotte's Web Quiz 1

1 What does Fern ask her mother in the first line of the book?
'Why is Papa going out to the hoghouse?'

'Where's Papa going with that axe?'

Where's Papa going with that shovel?'

'Where's Papa?'
2 Why does Mr Arable set out to kill one of the piglets?
Because it is bigger than all the other pigs and will cost too much to feed

Because it isn't pink

Because it is sick

Because it is a runt and won't amount to anything
3 How does Fern feel about her father killing the piglet?
She is indifferent

She is appalled and argues with her father to spare the animal

She is scared and runs in the other direction so she doesn't have to witness the slaughter

She is happy looks forward to fresh bacon for breakfast
4 What does Mr Arable decide to do with the piglet once he's been persuaded not to kill it?
To sell it for $100

To give it to Fern to raise on a bottle like a baby

To let it free into the wild

To use it to carry equiptment and pull the plough
5 How old is Fern's brother Avery?
Twelve

Ten

Eighteen

Four
6 What does Avery liken the piglet to when he first sees it?
A ball

A human baby

A white rat

A seal
7 How does Fern feed the piglet?
On the grass in the garden

With a spoon

In a saucer

With a baby's nursing bottle
8 What is Avery carrying the first time we meet him?
A tennis racket and a tennis ball

A pirate ship

An air rifle and a wooden dagger

A real gun
9 When Fern gets on the bus to school after being given the piglet, what does she think about?
What a blissful world is was and how lucky she was to have her little pig

What she will feed the pig for dinner

How much work the little pig will be

Her first lesson math class
10 What does Fern name the pig?
Wilburt

Walter

Wilbur

William
11 How does Wilbur keep himself warm at night?
By covering himself completely with straw

By sleeping with the pet cats

By covering himself with mud

By crawling into Fern's bed
12 How does Fern sometimes take Wilbur out?
Lying in the carriage alongside her doll

On her bicycle

In her bag

On her back
13 When Fern and Avery go for a swim, what does Wilbur do?
He runs on the lawn

He splashes in the water with them

He sleeps by the brook

He amuses himself in the mud
14 What sort of a pig is Wilbur?
An autumn pig

A spring pig

A summer pig

A winter pig
15 How old is Wilbur when Mr Arable says he is old enough to sell?
Five months

Five weeks

Five days

Fifteen weeks
16 How much does Mr Zuckerman buy Wilbur for?
$9

$2

$20

$6
17 Who is Mr Zuckerman?
Fern's uncle

Fern's grandfather

A man who lives in the village

Fern's cousin
18 What does Mr Zuckerman forbid Fern from doing when she visits Wilbur in his barn?
From feeding Wilbur

From talking to Wilbur

From taking Wilbur out of the pigpen and from entering the pig pen herself

From pushing Wilbur around in a pram and feeding him with a bottle
19 Who persuades Wilbur to escape from the yard?
The lamb

Fern

Templeton

The goose
20 What is Mr Zuckerman's first name?
Virgil

Homer

Harold

Dante
21 The day before Wilbur meets his new friend, what spoils his plans?
Mr Zuckerman

Templeton

Rain

Snow
22 Why won't the goose play with Wilbur when he is so lonely?
Because she is sick

Because she is sitting on her eggs

Because she doesn't want to get wet in the rain

Because she doesn't like him
23 How does the lamb insult Wilbur when Wilbur asks to play with him?
By ignoring him

By laughing at him

By saying that pigs are less than nothing

By kicking mud in his face
24 What does Lurvy do on the day that WIlbur is so sad when he sees that he isn't eating his food
Asks Fern to come and see him

Forces medicine down him

Lets him run in the field

Scratches his back
25 At the end of his most lonely and miserable day, what happens to Wilbur?
He hears someone laughing but doesn't know who it is

He falls down and hurts his trotter

He is given extra dinner

He hears a voice say 'I'll be a friend to you'