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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Eureka.
(c) Pacific Grove.
(d) San Jose.

2. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?
(a) It was dirty.
(b) It was sideways.
(c) It was ripped on the side.
(d) It was upside down.

3. Leigh says he hates living where in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) By the railroad tracks.
(b) In a mobile home park.
(c) Near the ocean.
(d) In a small town.

4. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) A Dog Named Sam.
(b) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.
(c) Run, Spot, Run!
(d) Ways to Amuse a Dog.

5. Who does Leigh say is his favorite character in Mr. Henshaw’s book that he’s read in his third letter, dated November 13?
(a) Joe Kelly.
(b) Joe’s Dad.
(c) Roger.
(d) Buffy.

6. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw, “When you answered my questions, you said the way to get to be an author was to” what?
(a) “Learn.”
(b) “Listen.”
(c) “Think.”
(d) “Write.”

7. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw that maybe when he writes a book he’ll call it what?
(a) The Great Potato Caper.
(b) The Last of the Unicorns.
(c) The Ten-Foot Tall Wax Man.
(d) The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.

8. What is the name of the school custodian that Leigh likes?
(a) Mr. Pitts.
(b) Mr. Henshaw.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Mr. Neely.

9. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Alaska.
(d) California.

10. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?
(a) “Where do you live?”
(b) “Who are you?”
(c) “What bothers you?”
(d) “What do you wish?”

11. How many pounds of moose meat does the boy’s family have in their freezer in Moose on Toast?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 2,000 pounds.
(d) 300 pounnds.

12. What is Leigh’s first response to Mr. Henshaw’s question “What do you wish?” in his December 1 letter?
(a) “I wish my mom and dad would get remarried.”
(b) “I wish I had my dog Bandit by my side.”
(c) “I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunch bag.”
(d) “I wish my dad would drive home and pick me up for school in the mornings.”

13. What is Leigh’s middle name?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) James.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Paul.

14. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that who brought him his Christmas package from his father?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A trucker.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A bus driver.

15. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Wyoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leigh say his teacher has said there should be when a different person speaks in his December 12 letter?

2. Leigh closes his September 20 letter to Mr. Henshaw with a limerick: “De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder” what?

3. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?

4. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?

5. In his third diary entry on December 24, Leigh writes that his dad had once remarked that when he was driving he often saw a lone shoe on the highway, so Leigh and his parents spent that Christmas Eve thinking up songs about shoes. What was the song Leigh’s mom made up?

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