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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. What is the name of Leigh’s school librarian?
(a) Miss Badger.
(b) Miss Martinez.
(c) Miss Neely.
(d) Mr. Fridley.

2. What surprised Leigh about the book Beggar Bears, according to his letter on January 15?
(a) It seemed like a “girl’s book” to him.
(b) It wasn’t funny like Mr. Henshaw’s other books.
(c) It was funnier than he expected it to be.
(d) It was a historical book and not very interesting.

3. What name does Leigh say he wrote on his lunch bag at school in his diary entry from January 3?
(a) Bill Botts.
(b) Joe Kelly.
(c) Andrew Tucker.
(d) James Reilly.

4. Who intercepted Leigh when he was about to drop-kick a lunch bag, according to his February 6 diary entry?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.

5. In his January 31 diary entry, Leigh writes “I am mad at Mom for” what?
(a) “Forgetting to call me.”
(b) “Divorcing Dad.”
(c) “Making me write this.”
(d) “Making me go to school.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?

2. 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?

3. What does Leigh describe white bread as tasting like in his March 15 diary entry?

4. Leigh says he’s thinking of writing a poem about what for the Young Writers’ Yearbook in his March 1 diary entry?

5. On March 15, Leigh writes in his diary that he never found out what?

(see the answer key)

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