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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 writes to Mr. Henshaw on November 15 to say he was angry he didn’t receive Mr. Henshaw’s reply before his report was due, but he used information from where to complete it?
(a) The back cover of Moose on Toast.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) A review from the New York Times.
(d) The back cover of Ways to Amuse a Dog.

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

3. Leigh closes his September 20 letter to Mr. Henshaw with a limerick: “De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder” what?
(a) “I Getter.”
(b) “I Seemer.”
(c) “I Starter.”
(d) “I Liver.”

4. What is Leigh’s mother’s name?
(a) Samantha Botts.
(b) Sarah Botts.
(c) Bonnie Botts.
(d) Angie Botts.

5. 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) Nebraska.
(b) California.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new word in Leigh’s vocabulary does he use in his December 12 letter to refer to any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a flag?

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

3. Who does Leigh say he and his mom used to scoop up the mashed potatoes and gravy with their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?

4. 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?

5. What does Leigh recall his dad saying society was ruining in his diary entry from February 2?

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