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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on November 15 to say he was angry he didn’t receive Mr. Henshaw’s reply before his report was due, but he used information from where to complete it?
(a) A review from the New York Times.
(b) The back cover of Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The back cover of Moose on Toast.

2. 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 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?”

3. 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 me a letter.”
(b) “Go climb a tree.”
(c) “Write a new book.”
(d) “Get lost.”

4. Where does Leigh say he’s gotten a postcard from Mr. Henshaw in his December 12 letter?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Texas.

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

6. Who does Leigh say is his favorite character in Mr. Henshaw’s book that he’s read in his third letter, dated November 13?
(a) Buffy.
(b) Joe Kelly.
(c) Roger.
(d) Joe’s Dad.

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. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?
(a) The moose.
(b) The cat.
(c) The dog.
(d) The bears.

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

10. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that he hadn’t realized Mr. Henshaw had moved where, although he could have guessed from Moose on Toast?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Indiana.

11. 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?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Cats.

12. What is the name of Leigh’s sixth grade teacher?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Mr. Fridley.
(c) Miss Badger.
(d) Miss Neely.

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

14. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) California.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Alaska.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Leigh’s diary entries differentiated from his letters to Mr. Henshaw in the novel?

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

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

4. In the story about a dog that Leigh describes in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3, he says that Joe’s dad told him he had to think of how many ways to entertain a dog?

5. 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?

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