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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 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 Lone Shoe on the Highway.”
(b) “The Ten-Foot Wax Man.”
(c) “The Cat from Muskogee.”
(d) “The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.”

2. 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) Spelling class.
(b) Science class.
(c) Math class.
(d) P.E.

3. What is the name of Leigh’s school librarian?
(a) Miss Badger.
(b) Miss Martinez.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Miss Neely.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his February 9 diary entry, Leigh says that he got a letter from his dad postmarked from where?

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

3. What advice does Leigh say his dad gave him about the person stealing his lunch in his diary entry from February 4?

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

5. In his January 15 letter to Mr. Henshaw, Leigh writes that he finished Beggar Bears in how much time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leigh describe as “the worst part” of his exchange with his dad in his February 4 diary entry?

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

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

5. How does Leigh describe his and his mother’s exchange after the phone call in his February 5 diary entry?

6. What does Leigh relate to Mr. Henshaw about his diary in his letter from January 12?

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

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

9. What exchange does Leigh describe between himself and Mr. Fridley in his February 6 diary entry?

10. What outcome does Leigh describe of his alarm invention in his diary entries from March 5 and 6?

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