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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. What did Amanda say about the Littmus lozenge when she tasted it?

2. Why is Opal kind of glad that it is raining?

3. What do Dunlap and Opal do on the way back to Gloria's house?

4. Who does Opal imitate keeping the beat to this music with the pointy toes of his/her boots?

5. What doesn't Otis want to have to do at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the group at the party come to know that Otis has arrived?

2. How does Opal try to keep all of Gloria's ghosts away?

3. What does Opal do when she realizes Winn-Dixie is missing and what does Gloria tell her?

4. What does Gloria say the Littmus Lozenge she is given reminds her of?

5. What did Opal ask Gloria about Otis and what does Gloria do?

6. When Miss Franny's great-grandfather was 14 what did he do?

7. Where does Opal go when the sky clears and what does she do there?

8. How does the reader feel about Otis once they learn why he was arrested?

9. What is the most important thing that Opal tells the ghost tree?

10. What did Gloria tell Opal she used to like to do and why can't she do it anymore?

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

How is the concept of family defined throughout the novel? Does it change from the beginning of the novel to the end? If so, in what way? If not, why do you think it does not?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think the character of Opal will do in her new home town? Why do you believe this is the case? What about her father, how do you think he will do now?

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