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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 17 – March 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who intercepted Leigh when he was about to drop-kick a lunch bag, according to his February 6 diary entry?
(a) Miss Martinez.
(b) Mr. Fridley.
(c) Miss Neely.
(d) Mr. Henshaw.

2. How does Leigh address his diary entries for most of the novel?
(a) “Dear Unnamed Notebook.”
(b) “Dear Mr. Pretend Henshaw.”
(c) “Dear Diary.”
(d) “Dear Journal of Leigh Botts.”

3. What book does Leigh say he bought at a garage sale in his February 28 letter to Mr. Henshaw?
(a) Beggar Bears.
(b) Moose on Toast.
(c) The Cat in the Hat.
(d) Ways to Amuse a Dog.

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

5. Where do Leigh and the other winners of the Young Writers’ Yearbook contest go to have lunch with the famous author?
(a) The Holiday Inn.
(b) The Sizzler.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) The Haute Cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Leigh remarks in his letter on December 21 that he received Mr. Henshaw’s postcard with a picture of what on it?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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