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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1 – January 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Henshaw’s book in Moose on Toast set?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Alaska.

2. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?
(a) It was upside down.
(b) It was sideways.
(c) It was dirty.
(d) It was ripped on the side.

3. 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 mom made up?
(a) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”
(b) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”
(c) “A lonesome hiker was unluckee / To lose his boot near Truckee / He hitched a ride with one foot dam / Down the road to Angels Camp.”
(d) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”

4. What does Leigh say his teacher has said there should be when a different person speaks in his December 12 letter?
(a) A new paragraph.
(b) A dash and ellipses.
(c) A period.
(d) A question mark.

5. 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) “Listen.”
(d) “Write.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leigh say was stolen from his lunch bag at school in his first diary entry from December 22?

2. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he said he didn’t have kids because he doesn’t raise what?

3. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?

4. 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?

5. In Mr. Henshaw’s response to Leigh that Leigh read aloud to his class, he answered that his real name was what?

(see the answer key)

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