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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 diary on February 2 that he is trapped in his room with what on his bed?
(a) His sister.
(b) His friend Barry.
(c) Sleeping puppies.
(d) Sleeping babies.

2. Leigh writes in his February 7 diary entry that he went to a grove where what kind of butterflies gather?
(a) Buckeye butterflies.
(b) Julia butterflies.
(c) Batesian butterflies.
(d) Monarch butterflies.

3. Leigh says in his January 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw that he is on what page of Beggar Bears?
(a) 6.
(b) 14.
(c) 35.
(d) 2.

4. What does Leigh say his dad wrote a note to him on in his February 9 diary entry?
(a) The back of a bill.
(b) A napkin.
(c) A scrap of newspaper.
(d) Fancy stationery.

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 bookstore and the grocery store.
(b) The grocery store and the butcher.
(c) The Laundromat and the library.
(d) “School and to the truck stop.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leigh say his mom’s friends work on to sell for extra money when they visit in his diary entry from February 2?

2. 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?

3. Where is the story Beggar Bears set?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What do the butterflies in Leigh’s February 7 diary entry symbolize in Dear Mr. Henshaw?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who do you think is symbolized by the protagonist in Leigh’s story “The Ten-Foot Wax Man”?

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

10. How do Leigh’s diary entries change on February 6? What does Leigh relate in this entry?

(see the answer keys)

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