Dear Mr. Henshaw Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Dear Mr. Henshaw Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 6 – March 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Leigh say always looks worried when kids throw out their lunches except for the cookies in his March 15 diary entry?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Miss Neely.
(c) Mr. Fridley.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.

2. What does Leigh say he is filled with due to his father’s failure to call him in his January 31 diary entry?
(a) Irritation.
(b) Ire.
(c) Venom.
(d) Wrath.

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

4. Leigh writes in his February 6 diary entry that he tried to start a story for Young Writers but only got as far as the title, which was what?
(a) “The Ten-Foot Tall Wax Man.”
(b) “Ways to Amuse a Dog.”
(c) “Ralph the Mouse and the Mouse Caper.”
(d) “Ways to Catch a Lunch Bag Thief.”

5. 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) “I saw a shoe / Wet with dew / Oh Highway 2 / It made me blue / What’ll I do?”
(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) “A dirty shoe / Makes me so blue / I’m lost at sea / Where shall I be.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Leigh’s dad delivering when he lost Leigh’s dog?

2. It becomes apparent in Leigh’s March 15 diary entry that he has gained a sense of what?

3. Who does Leigh say invited Leigh and his mother to Christmas dinner in his December 25 diary entry?

4. In his diary entry from January 20, Leigh writes that yesterday someone stole what from his lunch bag?

5. In his letter to Mr. Henshaw on February 15, Leigh writes to ask for help with what?

(see the answer key)

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