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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. Leigh writes in his February 1 diary entry that there was bad news in the newspaper. What is the bad news?
(a) The sugar refinery is shutting down.
(b) The U.S. is going to war in the Middle East.
(c) The stock market crashed.
(d) The telephone company has gone bankrupt.

2. Leigh says in his December 4 letter to Mr. Henshaw, “When you answered my questions, you said the way to get to be an author was to” what?
(a) “Think.”
(b) “Learn.”
(c) “Write.”
(d) “Listen.”

3. What new vocabulary word does Leigh use to mean “to print” in his letter to Mr. Henshaw on January 19?
(a) Mimeograph.
(b) Duplicate.
(c) Replicate.
(d) Photograph.

4. What does Leigh say his dad wrote a note to him on in his February 9 diary entry?
(a) The back of a bill.
(b) A napkin.
(c) Fancy stationery.
(d) A scrap of newspaper.

5. In his diary entry from January 20, Leigh writes that yesterday someone stole what from his lunch bag?
(a) A piece of wedding cake.
(b) Chicken livers wrapped in bacon.
(c) Deviled eggs.
(d) Mini canapés.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “CB” stand for in “CB radio”?

2. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?

3. What is the ninth question from Mr. Henshaw that Leigh answers in his letter from December 1?

4. In his January 31 diary entry, Leigh writes “I am mad at Mom for” what?

5. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?

(see the answer key)

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