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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) “I Getter.”
(b) “I Starter.”
(c) “I Seemer.”
(d) “I Liver.”

2. Leigh says in his November 13 letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher is making his class write to authors for what?
(a) Book Week.
(b) The school yearbook.
(c) The school paper.
(d) Author Month.

3. What is Leigh’s middle name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) James.

4. What is Leigh’s first response to Mr. Henshaw’s question “What do you wish?” in his December 1 letter?
(a) “I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunch bag.”
(b) “I wish I had my dog Bandit by my side.”
(c) “I wish my dad would drive home and pick me up for school in the mornings.”
(d) “I wish my mom and dad would get remarried.”

5. What is the name of the school custodian that Leigh likes?
(a) Mr. Neely.
(b) Mr. Fridley.
(c) Mr. Henshaw.
(d) Mr. Pitts.

6. When does Leigh say he needs Mr. Henshaw’s answer to his ten questions by in order to complete his author report in his September 20 letter?
(a) By next Friday.
(b) By next Tuesday.
(c) By Monday morning.
(d) By next Thursday.

7. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?
(a) “Leigh Marcus Botts.”
(b) “Your friend Leigh.”
(c) “Leigh Botts (boy).”
(d) “Leigh (Lee) Botts.”

8. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?
(a) Put the letter on the bulletin board at school.
(b) Take a field trip with the class.
(c) Print the letter in the school yearbook.
(d) Read the letter out loud to the class.

9. Leigh closes his November 16 letter with a postscript that says, “If my Dad was here, he would tell you to” do what?
(a) “Write a new book.”
(b) “Go climb a tree.”
(c) “Write me a letter.”
(d) “Get lost.”

10. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he answered that his real name was what?
(a) “Messing A. Round.”
(b) “James C. Smarts.”
(c) “Will I. Am.”
(d) “William Shakespeare.”

11. What word does Leigh use in his December 1 letter meaning a refrigerated trailer?
(a) “Coldcar.”
(b) “Boxcar.”
(c) “Reefer.”
(d) “Ice truck.”

12. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?
(a) Sixth grade.
(b) Third grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

13. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. What is his first question for the author?
(a) “How many books have you written?”
(b) “Have you ever been turned down?”
(c) “What is your real name?”
(d) “Have you won any awards?”

14. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?
(a) Bandit.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?

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. Why does Leigh say he can’t complain to the teacher about someone stealing from his lunch bag in his first diary entry from December 22?

4. Where does Leigh say his dad phoned him from in Oregon in his January 8 diary entry?

5. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?

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