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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 12 – November 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. What is his first question for the author?
(a) “Have you ever been turned down?”
(b) “How many books have you written?”
(c) “What is your real name?”
(d) “Have you won any awards?”

2. 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) Give Joe their dogs.
(c) Take Joe’s dog to the vet.
(d) Offer to let Joe use their slide.

3. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Wyoming.

4. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) A Dog Named Sam.
(c) Run, Spot, Run!
(d) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.

5. Leigh says in his November 13 letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher is making his class write to authors for what?
(a) The school yearbook.
(b) Author Month.
(c) Book Week.
(d) The school paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leigh’s father’s name?

2. Who does Leigh say is his favorite character in Mr. Henshaw’s book that he’s read in his third letter, dated November 13?

3. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?

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

5. 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?

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