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

2. Leigh concludes his February 5 diary entry by saying “I don’t like to think that Bandit is” what?
(a) “Lost.”
(b) “A bum.”
(c) “A traitor.”
(d) “Wandering alone.”

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

4. How does Leigh address his diary entries for most of the novel?
(a) “Dear Unnamed Notebook.”
(b) “Dear Journal of Leigh Botts.”
(c) “Dear Diary.”
(d) “Dear Mr. Pretend Henshaw.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leigh’s first response to Mr. Henshaw’s question “What do you wish?” in his December 1 letter?

2. What was Leigh’s dad delivering when he lost Leigh’s dog?

3. In his second diary entry, dated December 23, Leigh writes that he asked his mom if his dad might come to visit for Christmas. What was her response?

4. What does Leigh say he’s decided to save the money his dad sent him for in his February 9 diary entry?

5. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter that the first page of his diary looks the way he feels – which is what?

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