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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 many staff members are there running the library?

2. Which of the following terms does Opal use to describe her father?

3. Which of the following seems to be true about Opal's relationship with her father?

4. Why does Opal go to Gertrude's Pets?

5. What is one of the first things Opal does to Winn-Dixie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wakes Opal up at night and why is she awoken?

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

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

4. What happens to Winn-Dixie when Otis plays his music in front of him?

5. What does the dog do when he sees Opal and how does he do it?

6. How does Opal feel about the move to Naomi, Florida with her father?

7. Write a description of the church that Opal's father preaches at.

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

9. What happens when Otis stops playing his music and what does this lead Opal to do?

10. Describe the library and who is it named after?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe events in the story that led Winn-Dixie to help relieve a character's loneliness or sadness. Do you believe a pet can relieve someone's loneliness or sadness? Why or why not?

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 Opal feel about about her mother's abandonment at the beginning of the novel? In what ways do her feelings change? Do they change for the positive or negative? How do you know?

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