1. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?
(a) It was ripped on the side.
(b) It was upside down.
(c) It was dirty.
(d) It was sideways.

2. What does Leigh say his teacher has said there should be when a different person speaks in his December 12 letter?
(a) A dash and ellipses.
(b) A question mark.
(c) A period.
(d) A new paragraph.

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

5. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?
(a) “Who are you?”
(b) “What bothers you?”
(c) “Where do you live?”
(d) “What do you wish?”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?

4. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?

5. Leigh closes his November 16 letter with a postscript that says, “If my Dad was here, he would tell you to” do what?

(see the answer key)

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