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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. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that he received what gift from his father for Christmas?
(a) A quilted down jacket.
(b) A BB gun.
(c) A radio-controlled car.
(d) A notebook and pencils.

2. What does the sign on Leigh’s door say?
(a) “No Phone Calls Please.”
(b) “I’m Busy. Please Check Back.”
(c) “Keep Out By Order of the Police.”
(d) “Keep Out Mom That Means You.”

3. Leigh says he’s thinking of writing a poem about what for the Young Writers’ Yearbook in his March 1 diary entry?
(a) Mr. Henshaw.
(b) Truck driving.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Butterflies.

4. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Spreckels.
(c) Los Rios.
(d) San Jose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barry never use when he constructs his models?

2. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?

3. In his diary entry on January 10, Leigh writes that he wishes his dad were there so that he could teach Leigh how to do what?

4. Leigh writes in his March 3 diary entry that he bought what at the hardware store today?

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

(see the answer key)

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