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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 6 – March 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leigh say he’s decided to save the money his dad sent him for in his February 9 diary entry?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) Writing classes.
(c) A new dog.
(d) Music lessons.

2. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he said he didn’t have kids because he doesn’t raise what?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Pigs.

3. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Oregon.

4. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. Number ten is not really a question. What is this statement?
(a) “Please send a photograph.”
(b) “Please tell me how to get an ‘A.’”
(c) “Please include a biographical reference with your reply.”
(d) “Please give me some tips on how to write a book.”

5. In his letter to Mr. Henshaw on January 12, Leigh writes that his mother won’t do what because she wants Leigh’s “brain to stay in good shape”?
(a) Let him eat candy after dinnertime.
(b) Have the TV repaired.
(c) Let him stay home from school.
(d) Let him visit with his friends after school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?

2. 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?

3. What new vocabulary word does Leigh use to mean “to print” in his letter to Mr. Henshaw on January 19?

4. 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?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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