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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 does Leigh say he’s gotten a postcard from Mr. Henshaw in his December 12 letter?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Alaska.

2. How does Leigh describe most of the grownups by where he lives in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2?
(a) “Real old with cats.”
(b) “Really cranky and bitter.”
(c) “Real funny and wise.”
(d) “Real bad with names.”

3. What color is the composition book that Leigh buys to use as a diary?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his December 13 letter that the first page of his diary looks the way he feels – which is what?
(a) Sparse.
(b) Blank.
(c) Flowery.
(d) Complicated.

5. What is Leigh’s first response to Mr. Henshaw’s question “What do you wish?” in his December 1 letter?
(a) “I wish my dad would drive home and pick me up for school in the mornings.”
(b) “I wish I had my dog Bandit by my side.”
(c) “I wish my mom and dad would get remarried.”
(d) “I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunch bag.”

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. How does Leigh sign his name in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw on May 12?

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 Leigh’s song?

4. What does Leigh say he noticed about the California flag when the custodian raised it that day in his December 12 letter?

5. Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw on September 20 with ten questions. What is his first question for the author?

(see the answer key)

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