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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sign on Leigh’s door say?
(a) “Keep Out By Order of the Police.”
(b) “I’m Busy. Please Check Back.”
(c) “Keep Out Mom That Means You.”
(d) “No Phone Calls Please.”

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

3. In his letter to Mr. Henshaw on February 15, Leigh writes to ask for help with what?
(a) An author report.
(b) An ending for his story.
(c) Learning to write in a diary.
(d) ow to make an alarm.

4. Why do Barry and Leigh end up not making an alarm when Leigh first comes over to Barry’s house?
(a) Barry has the wrong kind of battery.
(b) Barry decides he doesn’t want to.
(c) Barry doesn’t have a bell.
(d) Barry’s mom forbids them to.

5. What book does Leigh say he bought at a garage sale in his February 28 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Beggar Bears.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) Moose on Toast.
(d) Ways to Amuse a Dog.

6. 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) “Old newspapers.”
(d) “Parrots and dogs.”

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

8. Who suggests taping a cardboard shelf in Leigh’s lunchbox so his sandwich won’t muffle the alarm?
(a) Miss Neely.
(b) Mr. Henshaw.
(c) Leigh’s mom.
(d) Leigh’s dad.

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

10. Leigh writes in his February 1 diary entry that there was bad news in the newspaper. What is the bad news?
(a) The sugar refinery is shutting down.
(b) The stock market crashed.
(c) The telephone company has gone bankrupt.
(d) The U.S. is going to war in the Middle East.

11. What surprised Leigh about the book Beggar Bears, according to his letter on January 15?
(a) It seemed like a “girl’s book” to him.
(b) It was funnier than he expected it to be.
(c) It wasn’t funny like Mr. Henshaw’s other books.
(d) It was a historical book and not very interesting.

12. What does Leigh describe on the sign where the butterflies gather in his February 7 diary entry?
(a) “Stay off the Grass! $500 fine for stepping on the grass.”
(b) “Warning. $500 Fine for Molesting Butterflies in Any Way.”
(c) “Do not touch Anything! $1,000 Fine.”
(d) “$500 Reward. Butterflies Wanted.”

13. 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?
(a) Math class.
(b) Spelling class.
(c) Science class.
(d) P.E.

14. 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”?
(a) Let him stay home from school.
(b) Have the TV repaired.
(c) Let him eat candy after dinnertime.
(d) Let him visit with his friends after school.

15. It becomes apparent in Leigh’s March 15 diary entry that he has gained a sense of what?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Virtuosity.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Urgency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “CB” stand for in “CB radio”?

2. On January 19, Leigh writes and thanks Mr. Henshaw for the postcard with a picture of what on it?

3. Leigh writes in his March 3 diary entry that he bought what at the hardware store today?

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

5. 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?

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