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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 6 – March 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leigh say he received a postcard from his father from in his January 19 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Texas.

2. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Bears.
(d) Castles.

3. What is Leigh’s mother studying at the community college?
(a) Veterinary medicine.
(b) English literature.
(c) Finance.
(d) Nursing.

4. What new word in Leigh’s vocabulary does he use in his December 12 letter to refer to any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a flag?
(a) Lining-rod.
(b) Shipyard.
(c) Halyard.
(d) Con-pole.

5. Leigh says he got books from the library about what in his March 1 diary entry?
(a) The solar system.
(b) Math.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that he looked in his book of highway maps and figured out that his dad should be where now?

2. 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 dad made up?

3. In his March 1 diary entry, Leigh writes that he had to buy a new notebook for his diary for what reason?

4. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that his mom told him growing up she’d look at the lights of Bakersfield and it seemed like where?

5. Where is the story Beggar Bears set?

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