Characters
This young girl saves a pig from being killed at the start of the story.
Fern
This is the name of the man who owns the barn where Wilbur now lives.
Mr. Zuckerman
Charlotte uses this to catch flies and other insects.
Web
A small pig born smaller than the rest of the litter.
Runt
The "bad news" the goose tells Wilbur regarding what will happen at Christmas.
He will be killed/eaten
This pig was a "runt," but he grows quickly and moves to a cellar.
Wilbur
The barn is filled with the smell of this dried grass.
Hay
This is the liquid Charlotte drinks from the insects she catches.
Blood
To eat something very hungrily or quickly.
The tool Mr. Arable was holding when Fern stopped him from killing the pig.
Ax or Axe
A large, grey spider who is also a loyal friend.
Charlotte
This animal is the first one to tell Wilbur he can escape through a loose board.
Goose
This is the word Charlotte uses to describe how she catches her food.
Trap(line)
A long, narrow container that animals eat out of.
Trough
The reason the goose gives one of her eggs to Templeton.
It was "rotten" or wouldn't hatch
This character is a rat who lives under the trough and collects things.
Templeton
Wilbur feels this emotion during his first few days because he has no one to play with.
Lonely or bored
True or False: Wilbur is successful when he tries to spin his own web.
False
If someone has no "conscience" or "morals," they don't know the difference between right and ________.
Wrong
How Fern’s mother feels about Fern spending so much time talking to animals.
Worried/concerned
He is Fern's brother and likes to hunt for frogs and carry a wooden sword.
Avery
This is where Templeton hides all of his "treasures" and stolen food.
Under the trough.
Charlotte’s full middle and last name.
A. Cavatica
The tiny organs a spider uses to produce silk.
Spinnerets
The physical thing Wilbur lacks that prevents him from being able to spin a web.
Spinnerets/silk