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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 12 – February 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leigh concludes his February 5 diary entry by saying “I don’t like to think that Bandit is” what?
(a) “A traitor.”
(b) “A bum.”
(c) “Lost.”
(d) “Wandering alone.”

2. Who saves the young bears in winter in the story Beggar Bears?
(a) A policeman and his daughter.
(b) A park ranger and his son.
(c) An author living in the woods.
(d) An old man with a cane.

3. Where does Leigh say his dad phoned him from in Oregon in his January 8 diary entry?
(a) Salem.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Portland.
(d) Hermiston.

4. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?
(a) Spreckels.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Los Rios.

5. How does Leigh say he felt about Mr. Henshaw’s list of questions in his November 15 letter?
(a) Mad.
(b) Scared.
(c) Happy.
(d) Envious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh writes in his February 1 diary entry that there was bad news in the newspaper. What is the bad news?

2. In his diary entry on January 10, Leigh writes that he wishes his dad were there so that he could teach Leigh how to do what?

3. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?

4. What is the name of Leigh’s school librarian?

5. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter that the first page of his diary looks the way he feels – which is what?

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