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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 in his diary entry for December 25 that he received what gift from his father for Christmas?
(a) A BB gun.
(b) A quilted down jacket.
(c) A notebook and pencils.
(d) A radio-controlled car.

2. What color is Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

3. 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?
(a) “Write.”
(b) “Listen.”
(c) “Think.”
(d) “Learn.”

4. Leigh says in his November 15 letter that the back cover of one of Mr. Henshaw’s books, it states that he lives where?
(a) California.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Seattle.

5. What is Leigh’s father’s name?
(a) Peter Botts.
(b) Walter Botts.
(c) James Botts.
(d) Bill Botts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?

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

3. What name does Leigh say he wrote on his lunch bag at school in his diary entry from January 3?

4. 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?

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

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