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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Leigh say always looks worried when kids throw out their lunches except for the cookies in his March 15 diary entry?
(a) Miss Neely.
(b) Mr. Fridley.
(c) Mr. Henshaw.
(d) Miss Martinez.

2. Who does Leigh say he and his mom used to scoop up the mashed potatoes and gravy with their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?
(a) An ice cream cone.
(b) Sporks.
(c) Their fingers.
(d) Chicken bones.

3. What does Leigh recall his dad saying society was ruining in his diary entry from February 2?
(a) Hawks.
(b) The rivers.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Eagles.

4. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that he looked in his book of highway maps and figured out that his dad should be where now?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Bakersfield.
(d) New York.

5. Leigh says he’s thinking of writing a poem about what for the Young Writers’ Yearbook in his March 1 diary entry?
(a) Mr. Henshaw.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Truck driving.
(d) Flowers.

6. Leigh asks the man who works at the gas station by his house what is in the box that says “Alarm System” on the station. What is the gas station attendant’s reply?
(a) “Wiring and a sound system.”
(b) “A hamster on a wheel.”
(c) “Batteries and a bell.”
(d) “A cell phone magnet and a bell.”

7. What does Leigh say about Barry’s sandwiches in his March 5 diary entry?
(a) They are always cut in half.
(b) They are never cut in half.
(c) They are always peanut butter.
(d) They are always ham.

8. Leigh writes in his February 7 diary entry that he went to a grove where what kind of butterflies gather?
(a) Julia butterflies.
(b) Monarch butterflies.
(c) Batesian butterflies.
(d) Buckeye butterflies.

9. What does Leigh describe white bread as tasting like in his March 15 diary entry?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Kleenex.

10. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that his mom and dad got married where?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Reno.

11. How does the mother bear die in Beggar Bears?
(a) She drowns in the river.
(b) She is shot by a poacher.
(c) She eats a plastic bag.
(d) She eats insecticide.

12. On January 19, Leigh writes and thanks Mr. Henshaw for the postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) A barren desert and pyramids.
(b) The Eiffel Tower in Paris.
(c) Bears and a small cabin.
(d) A lake and mountains in the snow.

13. Leigh writes in his February 6 diary entry that he tried to start a story for Young Writers but only got as far as the title, which was what?
(a) “Ways to Amuse a Dog.”
(b) “Ways to Catch a Lunch Bag Thief.”
(c) “Ralph the Mouse and the Mouse Caper.”
(d) “The Ten-Foot Tall Wax Man.”

14. What does Leigh say his dad wrote a note to him on in his February 9 diary entry?
(a) The back of a bill.
(b) Fancy stationery.
(c) A scrap of newspaper.
(d) A napkin.

15. In his February 28 letter to Mr. Henshaw, Leigh writes, “I think you are right. Maybe I am not ready to” what?
(a) “Be a poet.”
(b) “Write a story.”
(c) “Ask for forgiveness.”
(d) “Forgive my dad.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that his mother told him that she rode with Leigh’s father until when?

2. It becomes apparent in Leigh’s March 15 diary entry that he has gained a sense of what?

3. How much money does Leigh say was included in his letter from his dad in his February 9 diary entry?

4. By what name does Leigh say his dad goes by on the CB radio in his diary entry from February 2?

5. Who intercepted Leigh when he was about to drop-kick a lunch bag, according to his February 6 diary entry?

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