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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 6 – March 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leigh describe white bread as tasting like in his March 15 diary entry?
(a) Kleenex.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Potatoes.

2. Leigh writes in his February 7 diary entry that he went to a grove where what kind of butterflies gather?
(a) Buckeye butterflies.
(b) Monarch butterflies.
(c) Julia butterflies.
(d) Batesian butterflies.

3. Leigh says in his January 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw that he is on what page of Beggar Bears?
(a) 35.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

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

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?
(a) Flowery.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Sparse.
(d) Blank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Barry and Leigh end up not making an alarm when Leigh first comes over to Barry’s house?

2. What does Leigh say was stolen from his lunch bag at school in his first diary entry from December 22?

3. Leigh closes his September 20 letter to Mr. Henshaw with a limerick: “De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder” what?

4. How does Leigh address his diary entries for most of the novel?

5. What advice does Leigh say his dad gave him about the person stealing his lunch in his diary entry from February 4?

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