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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1 – January 10.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the school custodian that Leigh likes?
(a) Mr. Fridley.
(b) Mr. Pitts.
(c) Mr. Neely.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.
2. What color is Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.
3. 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 Leigh’s song?
(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) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(d) “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.”
4. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?
(a) Pacific Grove.
(b) Eureka.
(c) El Paso.
(d) San Jose.
5. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 that he wants to grow up to be what?
(a) “A famous book writer with a beard like you.”
(b) “A schoolteacher with a yellow school bus.”
(c) “A doctor or a neuroscientist.”
(d) “A scientist who travels in a van.”
Short Answer Questions
1. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?
2. How does Leigh say he felt about Mr. Henshaw’s list of questions in his November 15 letter?
3. In his second diary entry, dated December 23, Leigh writes that he asked his mom if his dad might come to visit for Christmas. What was her response?
4. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?
5. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?
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