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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Opal feel about her mother?

2. In what season does Opal find Winn-Dixie?

3. What book was Miss Franny reading when she confronted the bear?

4. What does Opal want to do with all of the things her father told her?

5. Who is the Preacher that Opal refers to continually?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gloria want to do with Opal and what did she tell Opal it was?

2. What happens when Opal and Winn-Dixie finish up at the pet store?

3. Why does Opal feel unwelcome at the trailer park where she lives and how does she think Winn-Dixie will be received?

4. Why did Franny's father, Herman Block, build the library?

5. What happens when Opal's father sends her to the store to get groceries for the two of them?

6. Why did Gloria ask Opal to tell her about herself?

7. What happened to the bear when Franny threw War and Peace at him?

8. What does Opal's father share that her mother did not like about his profession?

9. What does Opal tell Winn-Dixie she is a little concerned about?

10. What did Opal ask Otis if she could do to pay for the collar and leash?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters does Opal judge on who they are rather than rumor? Which characters does she seem to judge prematurely? What seems to be the difference in how they are treated by her?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways are Otis and Winn-Dixie the same? In what ways does Opal treat them the same? Do you think this is intentional on the part of the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the lozenge relate to the main themes of this story? Do you believe the book would be as good had the lozenge been eliminated? Why or why not?

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