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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 book does Leigh say he bought at a garage sale in his February 28 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) The Cat in the Hat.
(b) Beggar Bears.
(c) Moose on Toast.
(d) Ways to Amuse a Dog.

2. What does Leigh tell his dad on the phone that his mom is doing when he calls on March 17?
(a) Studying for a final.
(b) Talking with her friends.
(c) Washing her hair.
(d) Going on a date.

3. How are Leigh’s diary entries differentiated from his letters to Mr. Henshaw in the novel?
(a) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on the diary entries.
(b) He addresses his diary entries “Dear Diary” and his letters “Dear Mr. Henshaw.”
(c) He writes the day of the week as well as the date on his letters.
(d) He signs his diary entries from “Leigh” and his letters from “Leigh Botts.”

4. Leigh says in his February 8 diary entry that he’s started on a new story for the Young Writers’ Yearbook. What is the title of Leigh’s new story?
(a) “The Great Lunch Bag Mystery.”
(b) “The Ten-Foot Wax Man.”
(c) “The Cat from Muskogee.”
(d) “The Lone Shoe on the Highway.”

5. Leigh closes his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 with an enclosure, saying that his class is studying what?
(a) Resumes.
(b) Atomic science.
(c) Business letters.
(d) Nonfiction essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leigh sign off in his March 31 letter to Mr. Henshaw?

2. What new word in Leigh’s vocabulary does he use in his December 12 letter to refer to any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a flag?

3. Where did Leigh live with his parents prior to their divorce?

4. In his diary entry on January 10, Leigh writes that he wishes his dad were there so that he could teach Leigh how to do what?

5. Leigh says he’s thinking of writing a poem about what for the Young Writers’ Yearbook in his March 1 diary entry?

(see the answer key)

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