Key 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 Chapters May 12th - November …

1 11/2/09 11:46 1 of 22 _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 Chapters May 12th - November 26th1. Why did Leigh write to Mr. henshaw in the sixth grade?2. Why didn't Leigh want to read Mr. henshaw 's letter to the class?3. Why wouldn't Leigh's mom get the television repaired?4. What book did Leigh use for a book report when he was in the fifth grade?5. Why did Leigh read Moose on Toast?6. Leigh told Mr. henshaw that he doesn't like his name. Is there anything you don't like aboutyourself? Explain your 11:46 2 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 November 27th - December 25th7. Why did a man come to Leigh's house late Christmas Eve?

2 8. Why did Leigh apologize to Mr. henshaw on December 4th?9. Where did Leigh and his mom go for Christmas dinner?10. What does Leigh's father say at the end of a phone call that bothers Leigh?11. Why did Leigh continue writing dear mr . henshaw on the top of his diary entries?12. Write a letter to Leigh and give him advice on how he can catch the person stealing from 11:46 3 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 January 3rd - February 2nd13. What happened when Leigh wrapped his lunch sack in tape?14. What did Leigh's dad say when Leigh asked if he could ride with him next summer?15. Where was Leigh's dad when he called?16.

3 Why does Leigh worry about his mom?17. What did Leigh think his dad could help him make if he came home?18. Leigh is constantly getting disappointed by his dad not calling or visiting him. Write a storyabout a time when you were 11:46 4 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 February 4th - February 9th19. What did Leigh's dad send him from Albuquerque, New Mexico?20. What did Leigh's dad say when Leigh told him about someone stealing things from his lunch?21. Why didn't Leigh scrub off the mildew in the bathroom?22. What did Leigh hear that caused him to hang up the phone?23. What did Leigh ask the worker at the gas station?

4 24. Pretend you are Leigh. Write your dad a thank-you note for the 11:46 5 of 22 11:46 6 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 February 15th - March 25th25. What did Leigh's mom think about his burglar alarm?26. What did Mr. henshaw say characters in stories should do?27. Why did Barry invite Leigh to come home with him?28. What did Leigh write for the Young Writers' Yearbook?29. What did all the kids at school think about Leigh's burglar alarm?30. Leigh finally made a friend at his new school. Write a story about a time when you made anew 11:46 7 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 March 25th - March 31st31.

5 What did Leigh ask his dad when he saw him?32. What was Leigh's dad waiting to get loaded on his reefer when he came to see Leigh?33. Why was Leigh happy that the author the winners would get to meet wasn't Mr. henshaw ?34. What did Leigh's story win?35. What did Mrs. Badger think about Leigh's writing?11/2/09 11:46 8 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 022416336. What was your favorite part of dear mr . henshaw ?Review37. How did Leigh's dad lose Bandit?He left him at the gave him left him at the weigh ran away in a What is Leigh's favorite book?Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beggar BearsWays to Amuse a DogLunch Bag Thief39. What does Leigh's dad do for a living?

6 AuthorTruck DriverTeacherCaterer40. What was the story Leigh submitted about?Getting his dog, BanditRiding on the truck with his dadThe butterfliesA ten foot wax man41. What did Leigh get from his dad forChristmas?A new coatModel of truckJournalTwenty dollars42. Which of the following words do notdescribe Mr. henshaw ?AuthorHelpfulHatefulFunny11/2/09 11:46 9 of 22 Name _____Date _____Dear Mr. HenshawKey 1 - Answer ID # 022416343. What is the name of Leigh's first friend athis new school?LarryBarryMichaelHenry44. What did Leigh do with the twenty dollarsfrom his dad?Bought a new typewriterBought stampsBought a new journalBought the stuff to make the burglaralarm45.

7 How did Leigh feel when he was home byhimself?ExcitedHappyConfusedLonesome46 . Why does Leigh want to make a burglaralarm?He wants to keep people out of wants to impress his thinks electricity is wants to keep people fromstealing from his 11:46 10 of 22 Name _____Date _____ dear mr . henshaw (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 )Circle the correct word. 1. catircatorcateercater2. blubborblibborbluhurblubber3. ulcirulcerrulcorulcer4. segebrushsagebrushsagibrushsigabrush5. relayverileevreleverelieve6. cautouskawhuhscautiouscautius7. hanyhandyhandehandea8. nuisoncenaosuncenuisancenisance9. quchequichekeshquichi10. snoosnoopsnaopsnoopp11. doscinnectdiscannectdisconnectdisonnect1 2.

8 Biybaybaaybayy13. stranduhddstanduhdstrandedstanded14. tevurntavirntaverntevern15. fliflitfihtfliht16. quiveerkwihurquiverquivor17. wrethwrathwratwrah18. partitionpertitionpartitionnpartittion19 . holyardhalyardhalardhalyar20. ritianerretainorretainirretainer21. thrift shoptrift shoppthift shuptrift shup22. fictitiosfihktehshuhsfictitiousfictitius 23. feedlotfeadlotfedlotfiedlut24. riihgrigriggrihg11/2/09 11:46 11 of 22 _____Date _____ dear mr . henshaw (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 )25. doiramadioramadioramdoirema11/2/09 11:46 12 of 22 Name _____Date _____ dear mr . henshaw (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0224163 )Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

9 1. cater to detach; to shut off to spend the winter sleeping to supply food ready to eat for partiesand banquets left behind or in a helpless situation2. prowl something or someone that is annoying to move at a high rate of speed to move or roam quietly or secretly something that is very popular for ashort time, then forgotten3. snoop cry or whine with snuffling someone who tries to find out aboutother people's doings in a sneaky way one who is annoying, complaining, andunpleasant something that is very popular for ashort time, then forgotten4. rumple A smooth-textured sausage of mincedbeef or pork usually smoked; oftenserved on a bread roll become wrinkled or crumpled orcreased a group of similar trees the part of the truck where the driverand passenger sits5.

10 Prose all written language that is not poetry;written in paragraph form a dinner where each person bringssome food to share distillery where wine is made A smooth-textured sausage of mincedbeef or pork usually smoked; oftenserved on a bread roll6. sagebrush A smooth-textured sausage of mincedbeef or pork usually smoked; oftenserved on a bread roll cry or whine with snuffling a grain storage structure equipped to liftand pour out grain a small shrub with gray leaves andyellow flowers which grows in the dryparts of the western United States7. molest very careful; not taking chances a person who acts as an agent forothers a small shrub with gray leaves andyellow flowers which grows in the dryparts of the western United States to annoy, bother, or disturb8.