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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
2. Leigh says he hates living where in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
3. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?
4. 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?
5. What name does Leigh say he wrote on his lunch bag at school in his diary entry from January 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What ploy does Leigh develop to thwart the lunch bag robber after the Christmas holidays? Is he successful?
2. What does Leigh ask Mr. Henshaw in his December 2 letter? What does Leigh relate about himself in this letter?
3. What does Leigh write about in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw? Where did Leigh receive a postcard from?
4. What advice has Leigh taken from Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter? What further advice does he ask for?
5. What is related of Mr. Henshaw’s advice to Leigh in Leigh’s letter from December 21?
6. What does Leigh say about the questions Mr. Henshaw sent him in his November 15 letter?
7. Why does Leigh write to Mr. Henshaw on September 20? How old is Leigh in this letter?
8. What is the third question Leigh responds to on November 22? What is his response?
9. What books are discussed in Leigh’s letters to Mr. Henshaw on October 2 and November 2 in the beginning of the book?
10. On December 1, Leigh answers the final questions sent by Mr. Henshaw. How does he respond to “What do you wish?”
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the characters and setting of Beggar Bears. Where previously in the novel did the author foreshadow the appearance of this book by Mr. Henshaw? How? What does Leigh think of the story? How does it compare with Mr. Henshaw’s other books?
Essay Topic 2
Define “epistolary” and discuss the characteristics of this style of literature. What documents can be used to make up an epistolary work of fiction? How does this literary style develop greater realism to a story? How is the narrative point of view determined in an epistolary novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Leigh’s feelings of despair and jealousy following his phone call with his dad in February. Why does Leigh believe he hates his father? What actions has Leigh’s dad committed that have injured Leigh emotionally? How is this situation resolved?
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