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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. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

2. 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 dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(b) “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.”
(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?”

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

4. What is the name of the school custodian that Leigh likes?
(a) Mr. Fridley.
(b) Mr. Neely.
(c) Mr. Pitts.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.

5. How many pounds of moose meat does the boy’s family have in their freezer in Moose on Toast?
(a) 300 pounnds.
(b) 2,000 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leigh say his father ends their calls in his December 1 letter?

2. Where did Leigh and his mother move after his parents’ divorce?

3. What is Leigh’s mother studying at the community college?

4. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw that maybe when he writes a book he’ll call it what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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