Charlotte's Web Quizzes

1. What does Fern ask her mother in the first line of the book?

• 'Where's Papa going with that axe?'
• Where's Papa going with that shovel?'
• 'Where's Papa?'
• 'Why is Papa going out to the hoghouse?'

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

3. How does Fern feel about her father killing the piglet?

• 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
• She is indifferent

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 use it to carry equiptment and pull the plough
• To give it to Fern to raise on a bottle like a baby
• To let it free into the wild

5. How old is Fern's brother Avery?

• Twelve
• Four
• Eighteen
• Ten

6. What does Avery liken the piglet to when he first sees it?

• A white rat
• A human baby
• A ball
• A seal

7. How does Fern feed the piglet?

• In a saucer
• With a baby's nursing bottle
• On the grass in the garden
• With a spoon

8. What is Avery carrying the first time we meet him?

• An air rifle and a wooden dagger
• A tennis racket and a tennis ball
• A real gun
• A pirate ship

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
• Her first lesson math class
• How much work the little pig will be
• What she will feed the pig for dinner

10. What does Fern name the pig?

• Walter
• Wilbur
• William
• Wilburt