1. What name does Leigh say he wrote on his lunch bag at school in his diary entry from January 3?
(a) James Reilly.
(b) Bill Botts.
(c) Andrew Tucker.
(d) Joe Kelly.

2. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?
(a) “What do you wish?”
(b) “What bothers you?”
(c) “Who are you?”
(d) “Where do you live?”

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

4. What does Leigh say he and his mom went to eat after crying in his February 5 diary entry?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Ice cream cones.
(d) Fried chicken.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?

3. How does the mother bear die in Beggar Bears?

4. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?

5. In his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2, Leigh asks why some of the grownups in Mr. Henshaw’s book didn’t do what?

(see the answer key)

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