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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 tells Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter that the first page of his diary looks the way he feels – which is what?
(a) Flowery.
(b) Sparse.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Blank.

2. Leigh concludes his February 5 diary entry by saying “I don’t like to think that Bandit is” what?
(a) “A bum.”
(b) “Wandering alone.”
(c) “Lost.”
(d) “A traitor.”

3. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he answered that his real name was what?
(a) “William Shakespeare.”
(b) “Will I. Am.”
(c) “James C. Smarts.”
(d) “Messing A. Round.”

4. What word does Leigh use in his December 1 letter meaning a refrigerated trailer?
(a) “Reefer.”
(b) “Coldcar.”
(c) “Ice truck.”
(d) “Boxcar.”

5. How does Leigh say he felt about Mr. Henshaw’s list of questions in his November 15 letter?
(a) Mad.
(b) Scared.
(c) Envious.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his November 13 letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher is making his class write to authors for what?

2. Who does Leigh say he and his mom used to scoop up the mashed potatoes and gravy with their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?

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 mom made up?

4. Leigh closes his September 20 letter to Mr. Henshaw with a limerick: “De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder” what?

5. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on November 15 to say he was angry he didn’t receive Mr. Henshaw’s reply before his report was due, but he used information from where to complete it?

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