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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 12 – November 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Roger.
(b) Spot.
(c) Joe.
(d) Bandit.

2. 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 back cover of Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) A review from the New York Times.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The back cover of Moose on Toast.

3. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?
(a) Business letters.
(b) Nonfiction essays.
(c) Atomic science.
(d) Resumes.

4. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?
(a) “Leigh (Lee) Botts.”
(b) “Leigh Botts (boy).”
(c) “Leigh Marcus Botts.”
(d) “Your friend Leigh.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?

2. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?

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

4. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that he hadn’t realized Mr. Henshaw had moved where, although he could have guessed from Moose on Toast?

5. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 that he wants to grow up to be what?

(see the answer key)

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