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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leigh’s mother studying at the community college?
(a) English literature.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Finance.

2. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) A Dog Named Sam.
(c) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.
(d) Run, Spot, Run!

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

4. 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?
(a) Because “I’d be sent home.”
(b) Because “the teacher doesn’t like me and wouldn’t believe me.”
(c) Because “my mom would ground me if she found out.”
(d) Because “it isn’t a good idea for a new boy in school to be a snitch.”

5. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

6. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Eureka.
(c) Pacific Grove.
(d) San Jose.

7. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?
(a) Angie Botts.
(b) Bonnie Botts.
(c) Sarah Botts.
(d) Samantha Botts.

8. 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) “Will I. Am.”
(c) “William Shakespeare.”
(d) “James C. Smarts.”

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

10. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?
(a) “Leigh Botts (boy).”
(b) “Your friend Leigh.”
(c) “Leigh Marcus Botts.”
(d) “Leigh (Lee) Botts.”

11. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that who brought him his Christmas package from his father?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A trucker.
(d) A bus driver.

12. What is Leigh’s father’s name?
(a) James Botts.
(b) Bill Botts.
(c) Peter Botts.
(d) Walter Botts.

13. Leigh says in his December 1 letter to Mr. Henshaw that no one is supposed to be on his school grounds until what time?
(a) 10 minutes before the bell rings.
(b) 5 minutes before the bell rings.
(c) 20 minutes before the bell rings.
(d) 15 minutes before the bell rings.

14. 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?
(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) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(d) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”

15. 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 Thursday.
(c) By Monday morning.
(d) By next Tuesday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Leigh say invited Leigh and his mother to Christmas dinner in his December 25 diary entry?

3. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?

4. 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?

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

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