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

2. How does Leigh address his diary entries for most of the novel?
(a) “Dear Journal of Leigh Botts.”
(b) “Dear Diary.”
(c) “Dear Mr. Pretend Henshaw.”
(d) “Dear Unnamed Notebook.”

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

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

5. Who suggests taping a cardboard shelf in Leigh’s lunchbox so his sandwich won’t muffle the alarm?
(a) Miss Neely.
(b) Leigh’s mom.
(c) Leigh’s dad.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.

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 mom made up?

2. What color is the beat-up lunchbox that Leigh buys to take to school?

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

4. What does Leigh say he is filled with due to his father’s failure to call him in his January 31 diary entry?

5. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?

(see the answer key)

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