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

2. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?
(a) It was ripped on the side.
(b) It was sideways.
(c) It was dirty.
(d) It was upside down.

3. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that he received what gift from his father for Christmas?
(a) A notebook and pencils.
(b) A radio-controlled car.
(c) A quilted down jacket.
(d) A BB gun.

4. What name does Leigh say he wrote on his lunch bag at school in his diary entry from January 3?
(a) James Reilly.
(b) Andrew Tucker.
(c) Joe Kelly.
(d) Bill Botts.

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

6. Where does Leigh say his dad phoned him from in Oregon in his January 8 diary entry?
(a) Hermiston.
(b) Portland.
(c) Eugene.
(d) Salem.

7. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Bears.
(d) Castles.

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

9. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) “Real old with cats.”
(b) “Real funny and wise.”
(c) “Really cranky and bitter.”
(d) “Real bad with names.”

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

11. Who does Leigh say invited Leigh and his mother to Christmas dinner in his December 25 diary entry?
(a) Miss Neely.
(b) Katy.
(c) Mr. Henshaw.
(d) Leigh’s dad.

12. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Spreckels.
(c) Los Rios.
(d) San Jose.

13. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) A red-tailed hawk.
(b) A star.
(c) A brown bear.
(d) A diamond.

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

15. How are Leigh’s diary entries differentiated from his letters to Mr. Henshaw in the novel?
(a) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on his letters.
(b) He addresses his diary entries “Dear Diary” and his letters “Dear Mr. Henshaw.”
(c) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on the diary entries.
(d) He signs his diary entries from “Leigh” and his letters from “Leigh Botts.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he said he didn’t have kids because he doesn’t raise what?

2. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?

3. Who does Leigh say stands by the garbage cans in the lunchroom to make sure kids don’t throw their retainers away in his diary entry from January 8?

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

5. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?

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