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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. How does Leigh say he felt about Mr. Henshaw’s list of questions in his November 15 letter?
(a) Scared.
(b) Envious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Mad.

2. What does Leigh say was stolen from his lunch bag at school in his first diary entry from December 22?
(a) A peanut butter sandwich.
(b) Stuffed mushrooms.
(c) Deviled eggs.
(d) Wedding cake.

3. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on November 15 to say he was angry he didn’t receive Mr. Henshaw’s reply before his report was due, but he used information from where to complete it?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The back cover of Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(c) The back cover of Moose on Toast.
(d) A review from the New York Times.

4. 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?
(a) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(b) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(c) “A lonesome hiker was unluckee / To lose his boot near Truckee / He hitched a ride with one foot dam / Down the road to Angels Camp.”
(d) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”

5. 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) “Write.”
(b) “Listen.”
(c) “Learn.”
(d) “Think.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?

2. How many pounds of moose meat does the boy’s family have in their freezer in Moose on Toast?

3. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?

4. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?

5. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does Leigh respond to in his November 24 letter? How does he respond?

2. What ploy does Leigh develop to thwart the lunch bag robber after the Christmas holidays? Is he successful?

3. On December 1, Leigh answers the final questions sent by Mr. Henshaw. How does he respond to “What bothers you?”

4. What books are discussed in Leigh’s letters to Mr. Henshaw on October 2 and November 2 in the beginning of the book?

5. What does Leigh write about in his diary over the Christmas holidays (December 24-25)?

6. What does Leigh write about his lunch situation in his diary on January 9 and 10?

7. Why does Leigh apologize in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw? What excuse does Leigh give in his apology?

8. What does Leigh ask Mr. Henshaw in his December 2 letter? What does Leigh relate about himself in this letter?

9. What does Leigh write about in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated December 3? What grade is Leigh in now?

10. How old is Leigh when he writes his third letter to Mr. Henshaw on November 13? What does Leigh say about Mr. Henshaw’s book?

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