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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 November 15 to say he was angry he didn’t receive Mr. Henshaw’s reply before his report was due, but he used information from where to complete it?
(a) A review from the New York Times.
(b) The back cover of Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(c) The back cover of Moose on Toast.
(d) The newspaper.

2. What is the name of Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Bandit.
(b) Roger.
(c) Spot.
(d) Joe.

3. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 that he wants to grow up to be what?
(a) “A doctor or a neuroscientist.”
(b) “A schoolteacher with a yellow school bus.”
(c) “A scientist who travels in a van.”
(d) “A famous book writer with a beard like you.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?

4. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?

5. 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?

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