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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. Who saves the young bears in winter in the story Beggar Bears?
(a) A park ranger and his son.
(b) A policeman and his daughter.
(c) An author living in the woods.
(d) An old man with a cane.

2. What word from Leigh’s November 13 letter refers to a three-dimensional model?
(a) Diagram.
(b) Diorama.
(c) Composition.
(d) Reenactment.

3. 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?
(a) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(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) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(d) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”

4. What does Leigh describe overhearing the boy’s voice saying when he was on the phone with his dad in his diary entry from February 4?
(a) “Hey Bill, where did you leave the TV Guide?”
(b) “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we’re going out to get the pizza.”
(c) “Hey Mr. Botts – Can you spare fifty cents for the arcade game?”
(d) “Hey James, we need to leave for town before it gets dark.”

5. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.
(c) A Dog Named Sam.
(d) Run, Spot, Run!

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What advice does Leigh say his dad gave him about the person stealing his lunch in his diary entry from February 4?

3. Leigh says in his November 13 letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher is making his class write to authors for what?

4. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?

5. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?

(see the answer key)

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