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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. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?
(a) Pacific Grove.
(b) San Jose.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Eureka.

2. Who does Leigh say stands by the garbage cans in the lunchroom to make sure kids don’t throw their retainers away in his diary entry from January 8?
(a) Mr. Fridley.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) Miss Martinez.
(d) Miss Bassett.

3. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) California.

4. What grade is Leigh in when he writes his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) First grade.
(d) Fourth grade.

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 schoolteacher with a yellow school bus.”
(b) “A doctor or a neuroscientist.”
(c) “A famous book writer with a beard like you.”
(d) “A scientist who travels in a van.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?

5. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?

(see the answer key)

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