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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 17 – March 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Liver.”
(b) “I Seemer.”
(c) “I Getter.”
(d) “I Starter.”

2. What does Leigh describe writing about sitting on the telephone wires in his prose submission for the Young Writers’ Yearbook in his March 20 diary entry?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Magpies.

3. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?
(a) “Leigh (Lee) Botts.”
(b) “Leigh Botts (boy).”
(c) “Leigh Marcus Botts.”
(d) “Your friend Leigh.”

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

5. How many pounds of moose meat does the boy’s family have in their freezer in Moose on Toast?
(a) 300 pounnds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 2,000 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Leigh say he can’t complain to the teacher about someone stealing from his lunch bag in his first diary entry from December 22?

3. Where do Leigh and the other winners of the Young Writers’ Yearbook contest go to have lunch with the famous author?

4. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?

5. What does Leigh tell his dad on the phone that his mom is doing when he calls on March 17?

(see the answer key)

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