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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Of the man at the hardware store, Leigh says in his March 3 diary entry, “He called me son, and my Dad calls me” what?
(a) “Leigh.”
(b) “Dirt.”
(c) “Son.”
(d) “Kid.”

4. What is the name of the man who works at the gas station by Leigh’s house?
(a) Chuck.
(b) James.
(c) Austin.
(d) Peter.

5. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that when he lived in the mobile home park the only places they ever went were what?
(a) The Laundromat and the library.
(b) “School and to the truck stop.”
(c) The bookstore and the grocery store.
(d) The grocery store and the butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that sometimes truckers lose the hearing in their left ear from what?

2. What surprised Leigh about the book Beggar Bears, according to his letter on January 15?

3. Leigh says in his diary entry from January 20 that he wishes he had a grandfather like whom?

4. 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?

5. What does Leigh say he and his mom went to eat after crying in his February 5 diary entry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leigh tell Mr. Henshaw about the writing competition in his letter from January 19?

2. What does Leigh describe buying at the hardware store in his March 3 diary entry? What does Leigh say about the man who works there?

3. What worries consume Leigh about his dad in his January 30 diary entry?

4. Why are there babies in Leigh’s room when he writes his diary entry on February 2?

5. What frustrations does Leigh vent in his diary on January 20?

6. What progress does Leigh describe making with his lunch situation in his March 1 diary entry?

7. How does Leigh’s dad describe losing Bandit? Where was he when Bandit was lost?

8. What does Leigh relate about Mr. Henshaw’s new book in his January 12 letter?

9. What does Leigh reveal about Mr. Henshaw’s advice in his letter from February 28?

10. What is related in Leigh’s “review” of Beggar Bears in his January 15 letter?

(see the answer keys)

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