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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 on March 15 that this week several kids showed up with what?
(a) Quilted down jackets.
(b) Essays about the school.
(c) Letters to authors.
(d) Lunchboxes with alarms.

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

3. Where was Leigh’s dad traveling when he lost Leigh’s dog?
(a) Highway 80.
(b) Interstate 5.
(c) Highway 154.
(d) Highway 66.

4. What color is the beat-up lunchbox that Leigh buys to take to school?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

5. Leigh writes in his March 3 diary entry that he bought what at the hardware store today?
(a) A radio, a spool of wire, and a notebook.
(b) A light switch, a battery, and a doorbell.
(c) A potato bag, a lunchbox, and a lamp.
(d) A telephone wire, a box of paperclips, and a flashlight.

6. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that his mother told him that she rode with Leigh’s father until when?
(a) He was born.
(b) They got divorced.
(c) His sister was born.
(d) They got married.

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

8. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that sometimes truckers lose the hearing in their left ear from what?
(a) Wind rushing past the driver’s window.
(b) Yelling at the CB radio.
(c) Playing music too loud in their trucks.
(d) Sitting too long without getting up.

9. In his March 1 diary entry, Leigh writes that he had to buy a new notebook for his diary for what reason?
(a) He dropped the old one in the toilet.
(b) He spilled juice on the first one.
(c) He filled up the first one.
(d) He burned the first one.

10. In his March 6 diary entry, Leigh describes Barry’s house as “a big old house-that is sort of cheerful and messy, with” what “all over the place”?
(a) “Dogs and cats.”
(b) “Little girls.”
(c) “Parrots and dogs.”
(d) “Old newspapers.”

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

12. What does Barry never use when he constructs his models?
(a) Instructions.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Glue.
(d) Pliers.

13. Leigh says in his February 8 diary entry that he’s started on a new story for the Young Writers’ Yearbook. What is the title of Leigh’s new story?
(a) “The Ten-Foot Wax Man.”
(b) “The Cat from Muskogee.”
(c) “The Lone Shoe on the Highway.”
(d) “The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.”

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

15. By what name does Leigh say his dad goes by on the CB radio in his diary entry from February 2?
(a) “Bill Bonito of Barsdale.”
(b) “Billy Badger from Bentley.”
(c) "Billy the Kid."
(d) “Wild Bill from Bakersfield.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does Leigh say he left to go to the bathroom because he was so mad about his lunch in his February 6 diary entry?

2. In his letter to Mr. Henshaw on January 12, Leigh writes that his mother won’t do what because she wants Leigh’s “brain to stay in good shape”?

3. What does Leigh describe overhearing the boy’s voice saying when he was on the phone with his dad in his diary entry from February 4?

4. Who saves the young bears in winter in the story Beggar Bears?

5. On March 15, Leigh writes in his diary that he never found out what?

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