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

2. What is Leigh’s mother studying at the community college?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) English literature.
(d) Finance.

3. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Spreckels.
(c) Los Rios.
(d) San Jose.

4. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

5. 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 Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) The back cover of Moose on Toast.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) A review from the New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw that maybe when he writes a book he’ll call it what?

2. What does Leigh say his mom’s friends work on to sell for extra money when they visit in his diary entry from February 2?

3. Who does Leigh say stands by the garbage cans in the lunchroom to make sure kids don’t throw their retainers away in his diary entry from January 8?

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

5. Where does Leigh say he’s gotten a postcard from Mr. Henshaw in his December 12 letter?

(see the answer key)

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