1. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?
(a) “Please tell me how to get an ‘A.’”
(b) “Please include a biographical reference with your reply.”
(c) “Please send a photograph.”
(d) “Please give me some tips on how to write a book.”

2. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Alaska.

3. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?
(a) Read the letter out loud to the class.
(b) Print the letter in the school yearbook.
(c) Take a field trip with the class.
(d) Put the letter on the bulletin board at school.

4. How does Leigh say he felt about Mr. Henshaw’s list of questions in his November 15 letter?
(a) Happy.
(b) Mad.
(c) Envious.
(d) Scared.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?

3. What does Leigh say his teacher has said there should be when a different person speaks in his December 12 letter?

4. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 that he wants to grow up to be what?

5. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that who brought him his Christmas package from his father?

(see the answer key)

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