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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. How does Leigh sign his name in his second letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 3?
(a) “Leigh Marcus Botts.”
(b) “Leigh Botts (boy).”
(c) “Leigh (Lee) Botts.”
(d) “Your friend Leigh.”

2. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?
(a) Castles.
(b) Bears.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Eagles.

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) “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.”
(c) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(d) “Driving with a heavy load / I saw a shoe upon the road / Squashed like a toad.”

4. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his second letter on December 3 that if Mr. Henshaw responds to his letter Leigh gets to do what?
(a) Print the letter in the school yearbook.
(b) Put the letter on the bulletin board at school.
(c) Read the letter out loud to the class.
(d) Take a field trip with the class.

5. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his sixth letter, dated November 7, that he is now in what grade?
(a) Second grade.
(b) Seventh grade.
(c) Fifth grade.
(d) Third grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leigh says in his December 1 letter to Mr. Henshaw that no one is supposed to be on his school grounds until what time?

2. Leigh says in his first letter to Mr. Henshaw that his teacher read Mr. Henshaw’s book about what on May 12?

3. In his third letter to Mr. Henshaw, dated November 13, Leigh says he’s now in what grade?

4. 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?

5. Leigh says in his December 4 letter that he wishes his dad still hauled sugar beets for the refinery where?

(see the answer key)

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