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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 12 – February 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leigh says in his January 30 diary entry that sometimes truckers lose the hearing in their left ear from what?
(a) Yelling at the CB radio.
(b) Sitting too long without getting up.
(c) Wind rushing past the driver’s window.
(d) Playing music too loud in their trucks.

2. On January 19, Leigh writes and thanks Mr. Henshaw for the postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) A lake and mountains in the snow.
(b) A barren desert and pyramids.
(c) The Eiffel Tower in Paris.
(d) Bears and a small cabin.

3. In his January 31 diary entry, Leigh writes “I am mad at Mom for” what?
(a) “Forgetting to call me.”
(b) “Making me go to school.”
(c) “Divorcing Dad.”
(d) “Making me write this.”

4. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that when he lived in the mobile home park the only places they ever went were what?
(a) The grocery store and the butcher.
(b) “School and to the truck stop.”
(c) The Laundromat and the library.
(d) The bookstore and the grocery store.

5. 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?
(a) “Standing on your head.”
(b) “Walking backwards.”
(c) “Running across the road.”
(d) “Walking in circles.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his sixth letter, dated November 7, that he is now in what grade?

2. In his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2, Leigh asks why some of the grownups in Mr. Henshaw’s book didn’t do what?

3. What is the name of Leigh’s school librarian?

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. By what name does Leigh say his dad goes by on the CB radio in his diary entry from February 2?

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