Q 01/05

Which book by Mr. Henshaw does Leigh Botts love so much that he writes to its author year after year?

A) Moose on Toast

B) The Ten-Foot Wax Man

C) Ways to Amuse a Dog

D) The Great Lunchbag Mystery

Answer · why

C) Ways to Amuse a Dog

Ways to Amuse a Dog stays with Leigh for years. He builds a diorama of it in fourth grade and gives a book report on it in fifth.

Q 02/05

What is the name of Leigh Botts's dog, who rides along in his father's truck after the divorce?

A) Bandit

B) Ribsy

C) Rascal

D) Scout

Answer · why

A) Bandit

Bandit got his name from the red bandanna he wore in place of a collar. He simply jumped into the truck cab one day and stayed there.

Q 03/05

What does Leigh Botts find covering the trees on an after-school walk that finally lifts his gloomy mood?

A) Ladybugs

B) Fireflies

C) Hummingbirds

D) Butterflies

Answer · why

D) Butterflies

Butterflies cover the trees so thickly that Leigh misses them at first, until the sun comes out and they take flight. On the run home he notices the a...

Q 04/05

What does Leigh Botts's father call him on the phone instead of using his name, much to Leigh's annoyance?

A) Sport

B) Kid

C) Buddy

D) Champ

Answer · why

B) Kid

Kid is the word that grates on Leigh, along with his father never saying he misses him. Worse still are the many weeks when no call comes at all.

Q 05/05

What does Leigh Botts's mother refuse to have repaired, leaving him bored enough to write to Mr. Henshaw?

A) The television

B) The telephone

C) The record player

D) The typewriter

Answer · why

A) The television

The television stays broken, so a bored Leigh grudgingly works through the author's list one letter at a time. He signs one of those letters as an ex-...