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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 12 – February 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?
(a) “Please include a biographical reference with your reply.”
(b) “Please tell me how to get an ‘A.’”
(c) “Please give me some tips on how to write a book.”
(d) “Please send a photograph.”

2. What does “CB” stand for in “CB radio”?
(a) Contract Basis.
(b) Compact Band.
(c) Control Basis.
(d) Citizens’ Band.

3. In his December 12 letter, Leigh writes, “Mr. Fridley said maybe I should come to school a few minutes early every morning to help him with the flags, but please stop” doing what because it makes him nervous?
(a) “Standing on your head.”
(b) “Walking in circles.”
(c) “Running across the road.”
(d) “Walking backwards.”

4. Leigh writes in his diary on February 2 that he is trapped in his room with what on his bed?
(a) Sleeping puppies.
(b) Sleeping babies.
(c) His friend Barry.
(d) His sister.

5. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that when he lived in the mobile home park the only places they ever went were what?
(a) The Laundromat and the library.
(b) The grocery store and the butcher.
(c) The bookstore and the grocery store.
(d) “School and to the truck stop.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?

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 the song Leigh’s dad made up?

4. Where does Leigh say he’s gotten a postcard from Mr. Henshaw in his December 12 letter?

5. Who does Leigh say is his favorite character in Mr. Henshaw’s book that he’s read in his third letter, dated November 13?

(see the answer key)

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