1. In his January 15 letter to Mr. Henshaw, Leigh writes that he finished Beggar Bears in how much time?
(a) 2 nights.
(b) 3 nights.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

2. In his third diary entry on December 24, Leigh writes that his dad had once remarked that when he was driving he often saw a lone shoe on the highway, so Leigh and his parents spent that Christmas Eve thinking up songs about shoes. What was the song Leigh’s dad made up?
(a) “A lonesome hiker was unluckee / To lose his boot near Truckee / He hitched a ride with one foot dam / Down the road to Angels Camp.”
(b) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(c) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(d) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”

3. Leigh says in his February 8 diary entry that he’s started on a new story for the Young Writers’ Yearbook. What is the title of Leigh’s new story?
(a) “The Ten-Foot Wax Man.”
(b) “The Lone Shoe on the Highway.”
(c) “The Cat from Muskogee.”
(d) “The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.”

4. Who does Leigh say he and his mom used to scoop up the mashed potatoes and gravy with their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?
(a) An ice cream cone.
(b) Their fingers.
(c) Sporks.
(d) Chicken bones.

5. Leigh writes in his diary on March 15 that this week several kids showed up with what?
(a) Lunchboxes with alarms.
(b) Letters to authors.
(c) Essays about the school.
(d) Quilted down jackets.