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

2. What new vocabulary word does Leigh use to mean “to print” in his letter to Mr. Henshaw on January 19?
(a) Replicate.
(b) Mimeograph.
(c) Photograph.
(d) Duplicate.

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

4. Leigh concludes his February 5 diary entry by saying “I don’t like to think that Bandit is” what?
(a) “Wandering alone.”
(b) “A bum.”
(c) “Lost.”
(d) “A traitor.”

5. What does “CB” stand for in “CB radio”?
(a) Citizens’ Band.
(b) Contract Basis.
(c) Compact Band.
(d) Control Basis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leigh write that his dad said to buy with the money he sent in his February 9 diary entry?

2. Where is the story Beggar Bears set?

3. How does the mother bear die in Beggar Bears?

4. How does Leigh address his diary entries for most of the novel?

5. Leigh writes in his February 1 diary entry that there was bad news in the newspaper. What is the bad news?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the tone of Leigh’s diary entries from January 31 and February 1?

4. What letter does Leigh describe receiving from his father in his diary entry on February 9? How does Leigh feel about the letter?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. With what passionate line does Leigh begin his diary entry on February 4? What drives this passion?

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