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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 17 – March 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Barry and Leigh end up not making an alarm when Leigh first comes over to Barry’s house?
(a) Barry doesn’t have a bell.
(b) Barry has the wrong kind of battery.
(c) Barry’s mom forbids them to.
(d) Barry decides he doesn’t want to.

2. Who intercepted Leigh when he was about to drop-kick a lunch bag, according to his February 6 diary entry?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Mr. Henshaw.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Miss Neely.

3. In his second diary entry, dated December 23, Leigh writes that he asked his mom if his dad might come to visit for Christmas. What was her response?
(a) “I’m not so sure, dear.”
(b) “He told me he’d be here.”
(c) “You never know.”
(d) “We’re divorced. Remember?”

4. Where does Leigh say he received a postcard from his father from in his January 19 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Wyoming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that his mother told him that she rode with Leigh’s father until when?

2. Where do Leigh and the other winners of the Young Writers’ Yearbook contest go to have lunch with the famous author?

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

4. What grade is Leigh in when he writes his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?

5. What is Leigh’s father’s name?

(see the answer key)

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