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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 says he got books from the library about what in his March 1 diary entry?
(a) Math.
(b) The solar system.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Batteries.

2. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that when he lived in the mobile home park the only places they ever went were what?
(a) The grocery store and the butcher.
(b) “School and to the truck stop.”
(c) The Laundromat and the library.
(d) The bookstore and the grocery store.

3. Where does Barry say he’d like to install an alarm after Leigh’s lunchbox success?
(a) On his bike.
(b) On his lunchbox.
(c) On his bedroom door.
(d) On his diary.

4. In his March 1 diary entry, Leigh writes that he had to buy a new notebook for his diary for what reason?
(a) He filled up the first one.
(b) He dropped the old one in the toilet.
(c) He spilled juice on the first one.
(d) He burned the first one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In his February 28 letter to Mr. Henshaw, Leigh writes, “I think you are right. Maybe I am not ready to” what?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Leigh writes in his diary entry for December 25 that he received what gift from his father for Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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