1. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that he received what gift from his father for Christmas?
(a) A quilted down jacket.
(b) A radio-controlled car.
(c) A BB gun.
(d) A notebook and pencils.

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 Leigh’s song?
(a) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(b) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(c) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(d) “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.”

3. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?
(a) “Please give me some tips on how to write a book.”
(b) “Please tell me how to get an ‘A.’”
(c) “Please send a photograph.”
(d) “Please include a biographical reference with your reply.”

4. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) A red-tailed hawk.
(b) A brown bear.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A star.

5. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?
(a) Bandit.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mom.