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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. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw, “When you answered my questions, you said the way to get to be an author was to” what?
(a) “Learn.”
(b) “Think.”
(c) “Write.”
(d) “Listen.”
2. Why does Leigh say he can’t complain to the teacher about someone stealing from his lunch bag in his first diary entry from December 22?
(a) Because “my mom would ground me if she found out.”
(b) Because “it isn’t a good idea for a new boy in school to be a snitch.”
(c) Because “I’d be sent home.”
(d) Because “the teacher doesn’t like me and wouldn’t believe me.”
3. 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 dad made up?
(a) “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.”
(b) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(c) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(d) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
4. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter that the first page of his diary looks the way he feels – which is what?
(a) Sparse.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Blank.
(d) Flowery.
5. 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 scientist who travels in a van.”
(b) “A schoolteacher with a yellow school bus.”
(c) “A famous book writer with a beard like you.”
(d) “A doctor or a neuroscientist.”
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
2. What word from Leigh’s November 13 letter refers to a three-dimensional model?
3. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
4. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. What is his first question for the author?
5. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
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