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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 writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. What is his first question for the author?
(a) “Have you ever been turned down?”
(b) “How many books have you written?”
(c) “What is your real name?”
(d) “Have you won any awards?”

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

3. 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 “it isn’t a good idea for a new boy in school to be a snitch.”
(b) Because “the teacher doesn’t like me and wouldn’t believe me.”
(c) Because “I’d be sent home.”
(d) Because “my mom would ground me if she found out.”

4. 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) Bandit.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mom.

5. What word from Leigh’s November 13 letter refers to a three-dimensional model?
(a) Diorama.
(b) Reenactment.
(c) Composition.
(d) Diagram.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

3. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he said he didn’t have kids because he doesn’t raise what?

4. 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?

5. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?

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