Dear+Mr.+Henshaw



Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary20 questions submitted 11/20/08 by J. Davis, Griggs

In which book....
 * 1) does a character write licked instead of liked? p. 1
 * 2) is a favorite book character Joe’s dad? P. 3
 * 3) does a character write because it beats mowing the lawn? P. 11
 * 4) did a t.v. not get repaired because a character’s mom thought it was rotting their brain? P. 16
 * 5) does a gondola haul loose stuff like carrots? P. 17
 * 6) is there a Taco King and a Softee Freeze down the road? P. 22
 * 7) is there a gas station that goes ping-ping, ping-ping every time a car drives in? p. 22
 * 8) is California’s Great Central Valley described as so boring that the cattle on the feedlot don’t even bother to moo? P. 24
 * 9) does a character sort of hide in the shrubbery when they arrive to school early ? p. 28
 * 10) does a character imagine sitting in the cab of a 40 ft. reefer? P. 29
 * 11) is one shoe described as sad, like a country-western song? P.41
 * 12) does a trucker play Santa? P. 43
 * 13) do retainers get thrown in the garbage? P. 47
 * 14) is a sugar refinery going to shut down? P.64
 * 15) is it pointed out that hawks sit on telephone wires waiting for little animals to get run over? P. 65
 * 16) is a CB radio used to communicate? P. 66
 * 17) do butterflies turn into brown sticks? P. 84
 * 18) does a character refer to someone as pizza boy? P. 111
 * 19) is it discovered that a winning poem had been copied out of a book? P. 115
 * 20) does a character wait for a reefer to be loaded with broccoli in Salinas? P. 128
 * 21) does the MC (main character) read his first thick book with chapters? (2)
 * 22) does the MC have a black dog named Bandit? (2)
 * 23) is there a dog that howls along with singing? (3)
 * 24) does the MC hate living in a mobile home park? (4)
 * 25) does the MC get an A- on a book report because he didn’t stand on 2 feet? (5)
 * 26) does the MC’s mom say he can’t go through life expecting everyone to do everything for him?
 * 27) does the MC say his parents names (Bill and Bonnie Botts) sound like something out of a comic strip? (14)
 * 28) is the MC nicknamed the flea? – as in Leigh the Flea? (15)
 * 29) does the MC’s dad a truck driver? (16)
 * 30) did the MC’s parents get divorced because of a truck? (16)
 * 31) does the MC’s mom work for a caterer? (18)
 * 32) is the MC’s mom studying to be a LVN (licensed vocational nurse)? (18)
 * 33) does the MC live in CA? (20)
 * 34) does the MC live next door to a gas station with a pinger? (22)
 * 35) is the pinger turned turned off at 10pm? (22)
 * 36) is the MC’s TV broken? (23)
 * 37) does the MC’s dog get his name b/c he had a red bandanna when they found him? (24) Bandit
 * 38) is the MC in 6th grade?
 * 39) is the MC’s favorite teacher the custodian, Mr. Findley? (26)
 * 40) does someone steal the MC’s lunch? (29)
 * 41) does the MC help with the flags before school? (35)
 * 42) does the MC keep a diary/journal? (39)
 * 43) does the MC’s dad have to dodge the highway patrol to get home in time for Christmas? (41)
 * 44) does the MC’s family make up songs about one shoe? (42)
 * 45) does the MC write a pseudonym on his lunch bag? (46)
 * 46) does the MC get 2 postcards in one day? (58)
 * 47) does the MC tape up his lunch? (50)
 * 48) do the MC and his mother eat frozen chicken pies for dinner? (51)
 * 49) does the MC lie awake at night worrying that something might happen to his mom? (57)
 * 50) does the MC worry he’ll never see his dad again because th sugar refinery in town is going to shut down? (64)
 * 51) does the MC say he hates his dad? (67)
 * 52) does a big golf tournament mean mom doesn’t have to worry about meeting the rent? (67)
 * 53) does a dog get lost in a snow storm? (71)
 * 54) does the MC eat mashed potatoes with chicken bones? (77)
 * 55) is the MC saved from being a mean-eyed lunch kicker? (81)
 * 56) would you find butterfly trees? (82)
 * 57) does the MC rig up a burgler alarm? (85)
 * 58) does the MC enter a young writers competition? (85)
 * 59) does the MC write a story entitled The Ten-Foot Was Man? (85)
 * 60) does the MC go to the library for books about batteries? (94)
 * 61) does the MC win honorable mention (and is upset about it)? (113)
 * 62) does a girl copy a poem out of a book? (115) plagiarize
 * 63) would you find Super Librarian? (116)
 * 64) does a real live author call the MC an author? (121)
 * 65) does the MC say he’d be happy to see all the broccoli in California trucked to Ohio? (133)
 * 66) does broccoli bring the MC’s dad to town? (133)
 * 67) does the MC’s dad call him Kid? (127)
 * 68) does the MC give his dad his dog? (133)