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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1 – January 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

2. Leigh says he hates living where in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) In a mobile home park.
(b) Near the ocean.
(c) By the railroad tracks.
(d) In a small town.

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?
(a) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(b) “A lonesome hiker was unluckee / To lose his boot near Truckee / He hitched a ride with one foot dam / Down the road to Angels Camp.”
(c) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(d) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”

4. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?
(a) His mom.
(b) Bandit.
(c) His sister.
(d) Miss Neely.

5. What is the name of the school custodian that Leigh likes?
(a) Mr. Pitts.
(b) Mr. Neely.
(c) Mr. Henshaw.
(d) Mr. Fridley.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2, Leigh asks why some of the grownups in Mr. Henshaw’s book didn’t do what?

3. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?

4. What is the name of Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?

5. Leigh closes his November 16 letter with a postscript that says, “If my Dad was here, he would tell you to” do what?

(see the answer key)

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