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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 is his favorite character in Mr. Henshaw’s book that he’s read in his third letter, dated November 13?
(a) Joe Kelly.
(b) Joe’s Dad.
(c) Roger.
(d) Buffy.

2. When does Leigh say he needs Mr. Henshaw’s answer to his ten questions by in order to complete his author report in his September 20 letter?
(a) By Monday morning.
(b) By next Tuesday.
(c) By next Thursday.
(d) By next Friday.

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

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?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Goats.

5. 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 dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(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) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his December 1 letter to Mr. Henshaw that no one is supposed to be on his school grounds until what time?

2. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?

3. Where did Leigh live with his parents prior to their divorce?

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

5. What is the name of Leigh’s sixth grade teacher?

(see the answer key)

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