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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. Who does Leigh say invited Leigh and his mother to Christmas dinner in his December 25 diary entry?
(a) Miss Neely.
(b) Mr. Henshaw.
(c) Katy.
(d) Leigh’s dad.

2. 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) Print the letter in the school yearbook.
(b) Read the letter out loud to the class.
(c) Take a field trip with the class.
(d) Put the letter on the bulletin board at school.

3. Leigh says he hates living where in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) In a mobile home park.
(b) Near the ocean.
(c) In a small town.
(d) By the railroad tracks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is Leigh in when he writes his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?

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

3. What is the name of Leigh’s sixth grade teacher?

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

5. In the story about a dog that Leigh describes in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3, he says that Joe’s dad told him he had to think of how many ways to entertain a dog?

(see the answer key)

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