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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. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.
(c) Run, Spot, Run!
(d) A Dog Named Sam.

2. What does Leigh describe on the sign where the butterflies gather in his February 7 diary entry?
(a) “Do not touch Anything! $1,000 Fine.”
(b) “$500 Reward. Butterflies Wanted.”
(c) “Stay off the Grass! $500 fine for stepping on the grass.”
(d) “Warning. $500 Fine for Molesting Butterflies in Any Way.”

3. What does Leigh say is on the middle of the California flag in his December 12 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) A star.
(b) A red-tailed hawk.
(c) A brown bear.
(d) A diamond.

4. Leigh writes in his February 7 diary entry that he went to a grove where what kind of butterflies gather?
(a) Monarch butterflies.
(b) Buckeye butterflies.
(c) Batesian butterflies.
(d) Julia butterflies.

5. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he answered that his real name was what?
(a) “Messing A. Round.”
(b) “William Shakespeare.”
(c) “Will I. Am.”
(d) “James C. Smarts.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says to Mr. Henshaw in his November 7 letter that if his dad shot a moose, he’d feed the tough parts to whom?

2. Leigh says he hates living where in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?

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

4. In his March 6 diary entry, Leigh describes Barry’s house as “a big old house-that is sort of cheerful and messy, with” what “all over the place”?

5. What advice does Leigh say his dad gave him about the person stealing his lunch in his diary entry from February 4?

(see the answer key)

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