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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 17 – March 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leigh say he and his mom went to eat after crying in his February 5 diary entry?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Ice cream cones.

2. 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) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

4. 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?
(a) Shipyard.
(b) Lining-rod.
(c) Halyard.
(d) Con-pole.

5. What does Leigh’s mom respond when Leigh’s dad asks her at the end of the novel, “Is there any chance?”
(a) “Let’s go outside to discuss this.”
(b) “Maybe. We’ll see.”
(c) “No. There isn’t a chance.”
(d) “I’m not sure anymore.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Leigh’s November 13 letter refers to a three-dimensional model?

2. On March 25, Leigh writes “I don't like to think about Dad being lonesome, but I don't like to think about” who “cheering him up either”?

3. Leigh’s dad tells Leigh he is waiting “for a reefer loaded with broccoli” where, when he visits on March 31?

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

5. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?

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