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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 to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?
(a) His sister.
(b) Bandit.
(c) Miss Neely.
(d) His mom.

2. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?
(a) Atomic science.
(b) Nonfiction essays.
(c) Business letters.
(d) Resumes.

3. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw that maybe when he writes a book he’ll call it what?
(a) The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.
(b) The Last of the Unicorns.
(c) The Great Potato Caper.
(d) The Ten-Foot Tall Wax Man.

4. 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 Leigh’s song?
(a) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(b) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(c) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(d) “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.”

5. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) “Real bad with names.”
(b) “Really cranky and bitter.”
(c) “Real old with cats.”
(d) “Real funny and wise.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Leigh’s November 13 letter refers to a three-dimensional model?

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

3. In his December 12 letter, Leigh writes, “Mr. Fridley said maybe I should come to school a few minutes early every morning to help him with the flags, but please stop” doing what because it makes him nervous?

4. 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?

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?

(see the answer key)

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