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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) 15 minutes before the bell rings.
(b) 10 minutes before the bell rings.
(c) 5 minutes before the bell rings.
(d) 20 minutes before the bell rings.

4. 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 Tuesday.
(b) By next Friday.
(c) By Monday morning.
(d) By next Thursday.

5. 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) Author Month.
(d) The school paper.

6. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw that maybe when he writes a book he’ll call it what?
(a) The Last of the Unicorns.
(b) The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.
(c) The Great Potato Caper.
(d) The Ten-Foot Tall Wax Man.

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

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

9. What is the name of Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Joe.
(b) Bandit.
(c) Roger.
(d) Spot.

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

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

12. How many pounds of moose meat does the boy’s family have in their freezer in Moose on Toast?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 1,000 pounds.
(c) 300 pounnds.
(d) 2,000 pounds.

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

14. What does Leigh say was stolen from his lunch bag at school in his first diary entry from December 22?
(a) A peanut butter sandwich.
(b) Stuffed mushrooms.
(c) Wedding cake.
(d) Deviled eggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?

3. Where does Leigh say he’s gotten a postcard from Mr. Henshaw in his December 12 letter?

4. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?

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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