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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. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Castles.
(c) Bears.
(d) Eagles.

2. What color is Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

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

4. 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?
(a) Offer to let Joe use their slide.
(b) Make Moose stew.
(c) Take Joe’s dog to the vet.
(d) Give Joe their dogs.

5. How are Leigh’s diary entries differentiated from his letters to Mr. Henshaw in the novel?
(a) He signs his diary entries from “Leigh” and his letters from “Leigh Botts.”
(b) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on the diary entries.
(c) He addresses his diary entries “Dear Diary” and his letters “Dear Mr. Henshaw.”
(d) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on his letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?

2. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?

3. What new word in Leigh’s vocabulary does he use in his December 12 letter to refer to any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a flag?

4. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?

5. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that he hadn’t realized Mr. Henshaw had moved where, although he could have guessed from Moose on Toast?

(see the answer key)

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