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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 12 – February 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Flowery.
(b) Blank.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Sparse.

2. What is the name of Leigh’s dog in Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Roger.
(b) Bandit.
(c) Spot.
(d) Joe.

3. Leigh tells Mr. Henshaw in his fifth letter to Mr. Henshaw on December 2 that he wants to grow up to be what?
(a) “A schoolteacher with a yellow school bus.”
(b) “A doctor or a neuroscientist.”
(c) “A famous book writer with a beard like you.”
(d) “A scientist who travels in a van.”

4. What is described by Leigh in his December 3 letter as “the first thick book with chapters that I have read”?
(a) Ways to Amuse a Dog.
(b) Ten Dogs and Ten Owners.
(c) A Dog Named Sam.
(d) Run, Spot, Run!

5. Leigh says in his February 5 diary entry that his mom told him growing up she’d look at the lights of Bakersfield and it seemed like where?
(a) London or L.A.
(b) Seattle or Canada.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York or Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Leigh’s school librarian?

2. Where does Leigh say he and his mother ate their dinner in his February 5 diary entry?

3. Leigh closes his September 20 letter to Mr. Henshaw with a limerick: “De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder” what?

4. Leigh writes in his February 1 diary entry that there was bad news in the newspaper. What is the bad news?

5. Why does Leigh say he can’t complain to the teacher about someone stealing from his lunch bag in his first diary entry from December 22?

(see the answer key)

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