Charlotte’s Web Quizzes

Charlotte's Web Quiz 1

1 What does Fern ask her mother in the first line of the book?
'Where's Papa going with that axe?'

'Why is Papa going out to the hoghouse?'

'Where's Papa?'

Where's Papa going with that shovel?'
2 Why does Mr Arable set out to kill one of the piglets?
Because it isn't pink

Because it is a runt and won't amount to anything

Because it is bigger than all the other pigs and will cost too much to feed

Because it is sick
3 How does Fern feel about her father killing the piglet?
She is scared and runs in the other direction so she doesn't have to witness the slaughter

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

She is indifferent

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

To use it to carry equiptment and pull the plough

To let it free into the wild

To sell it for $100
5 How old is Fern's brother Avery?
Ten

Four

Eighteen

Twelve
6 What does Avery liken the piglet to when he first sees it?
A human baby

A seal

A white rat

A ball
7 How does Fern feed the piglet?
With a spoon

In a saucer

On the grass in the garden

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

An air rifle and a wooden dagger

A pirate ship

A real gun
9 When Fern gets on the bus to school after being given the piglet, what does she think about?
Her first lesson math class

What she will feed the pig for dinner

How much work the little pig will be

What a blissful world is was and how lucky she was to have her little pig
10 What does Fern name the pig?
Walter

Wilburt

Wilbur

William
11 How does Wilbur keep himself warm at night?
By crawling into Fern's bed

By sleeping with the pet cats

By covering himself with mud

By covering himself completely with straw
12 How does Fern sometimes take Wilbur out?
On her back

On her bicycle

In her bag

Lying in the carriage alongside her doll
13 When Fern and Avery go for a swim, what does Wilbur do?
He amuses himself in the mud

He splashes in the water with them

He sleeps by the brook

He runs on the lawn
14 What sort of a pig is Wilbur?
An autumn pig

A winter pig

A spring pig

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

Five days

Fifteen weeks

Five months
16 How much does Mr Zuckerman buy Wilbur for?
$9

$6

$2

$20
17 Who is Mr Zuckerman?
Fern's uncle

A man who lives in the village

Fern's cousin

Fern's grandfather
18 What does Mr Zuckerman forbid Fern from doing when she visits Wilbur in his barn?
From pushing Wilbur around in a pram and feeding him with a bottle

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

From talking to Wilbur

From feeding Wilbur
19 Who persuades Wilbur to escape from the yard?
The goose

The lamb

Templeton

Fern
20 What is Mr Zuckerman's first name?
Harold

Homer

Dante

Virgil
21 The day before Wilbur meets his new friend, what spoils his plans?
Rain

Templeton

Snow

Mr Zuckerman
22 Why won't the goose play with Wilbur when he is so lonely?
Because she doesn't want to get wet in the rain

Because she is sitting on her eggs

Because she is sick

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

By saying that pigs are less than nothing

By kicking mud in his face

By laughing at him
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

Scratches his back

Forces medicine down him

Lets him run in the field
25 At the end of his most lonely and miserable day, what happens to Wilbur?
He is given extra dinner

He falls down and hurts his trotter

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

He hears someone laughing but doesn't know who it is