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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. Who does Leigh say stands by the garbage cans in the lunchroom to make sure kids don’t throw their retainers away in his diary entry from January 8?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Miss Bassett.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Miss Neely.

2. 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?
(a) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(b) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(c) “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.”
(d) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”

3. In the story about a dog that Leigh describes in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3, he says that Joe’s dad told him he had to think of how many ways to entertain a dog?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leigh say invited Leigh and his mother to Christmas dinner in his December 25 diary entry?

2. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that who brought him his Christmas package from his father?

3. What color is Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?

4. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he said he didn’t have kids because he doesn’t raise what?

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

(see the answer key)

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