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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’s mom respond when Leigh explodes at dinner, saying, “Then why don’t you two get married again?”
(a) “Because your father will never grow up.”
(b) “Because I don’t love your father anymore.”
(c) “Because your father left me.”
(d) “Because I’m marrying someone else.”

2. In his diary entry on January 10, Leigh writes that he wishes his dad were there so that he could teach Leigh how to do what?
(a) Make a model car for his school assignment.
(b) Camp, hike and kayak.
(c) Make a burglar alarm for his lunch bag.
(d) Drive a semi truck.

3. Leigh says in his February 8 diary entry that most of the girls in his class are writing poems or stories about what for the Young Writers’ Yearbook?
(a) Birds.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Horses.

4. Who does Leigh say he and his mom used to scoop up the mashed potatoes and gravy with their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?
(a) Chicken bones.
(b) Their fingers.
(c) An ice cream cone.
(d) Sporks.

5. Leigh says in his December 1 letter to Mr. Henshaw that no one is supposed to be on his school grounds until what time?
(a) 5 minutes before the bell rings.
(b) 10 minutes before the bell rings.
(c) 20 minutes before the bell rings.
(d) 15 minutes before the bell rings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?

3. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?

4. Leigh writes on March 26 that his prose piece won an honorable mention in the Young Writers’ Yearbook. What is the name of Leigh’s submission?

5. Where does Leigh say he received a postcard from his father from in his January 19 letter to Mr. Henshaw?

(see the answer key)

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