Chapter 1 EVENTS
Chapter 1 is called
Before Breakfast
Chapter 2 is called
Wilbur
How old is Fern?
8 years old
Where is Wilbur's first home?
A tiny box beside the stove
Who is Avery?
Fern's brother
Mr. Avery was heading out to the barn with an axe because
He was going to kill Wilbur!
Fern feeds Wilbur _______ from a ______
milk from a bottle
Fern is on the ________ when she decides to name her baby pig Wilbur
School bus
Where is Wilbur's second home?
A larger box in the wood shed
How old is Avery?
10 years old
Mr. Avery was going to kill poor Wilbur because
Wilbur was the runt of the litter
Fern feeds Wilbur how many times a day?
5
Fern says that killing a pig just because it is small and weak is a great
Injustice
Where is Wilbur's third home?
A fenced in pen around an apple tree, with a big box that has a door cut into it
What does Avery say is not fair?
That Fern gets to raise a pig and he doesn't
"Runt of the litter" means that Wilbur was very _____ and _____
Small and weak
Fern sometimes takes Wilbur for walks in her
Doll carriage
How does Fern feel when her parents tell her that she will be in charge of taking care of Wilbur?
Happy!
How old is Wilbur when Mr. Arable decides to sell him?
5 weeks old
What does Mr. Arable say when Avery complains about not getting his own pig to raise?
I only distribute pigs to early risers.
Fern saved Wilbur from being killed by asking her father this question
If I had been born small and weak, would you have killed me?
By the end of chapter 2, what season is it?
Summer
What makes Fern very upset at the end of chapter 2?
Mr. Arable says that Wilbur must be sold
Where does Wilbur move to once he is sold?
To Homer Zuckerman's farm (Fern's uncle)
What do Fern and Avery like to do together?
Go swimming in the brook close to their house.