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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question did Gloria ask Opal about Dunlap and Stevie?
(a) Why they are so mean to each other.
(b) Why she didn't want to be friends with them.
(c) Why she shouts at them.
(d) Why they taunted her so much.

2. What did Opal forget to do?
(a) Get the dog.
(b) Get groceries.
(c) Where her father parked.
(d) Where she was.

3. Which of the following would be an accurate description of how Opal's life in town is now?
(a) It is staying the same.
(b) It is getting better.
(c) It is still very lonely.
(d) It is becoming sadder.

4. What do Opal and the Preacher learn that Winn-Dixie is afraid of?
(a) Thunderstorms.
(b) Tall men.
(c) Bears.
(d) Lightning.

5. What was Winn-Dixie doing when she found him after going through the overgrown yard?
(a) Eating peanut butter from a woman's hand.
(b) Lying in the grass rolling around.
(c) Holding his injured paw in the air.
(d) Sitting on an old woman's lap.

6. What do Opal and her father do to Winn-Dixie after the storm to help calm him down?
(a) Pet him.
(b) Let him get into bed with them.
(c) Talk softly to him.
(d) Tie him up outside.

7. Where does Winn-Dixie go during the time the Preacher is telling Opal about her mother?
(a) Between them on the couch.
(b) On the floor.
(c) Next to Opal.
(d) Outside.

8. What does Winn-Dixie do when the thunder storm ends?
(a) Crawls up on the couch between the Preacher and Opal.
(b) Runs up and down the halls.
(c) He runs out of the trailer and barks loudly.
(d) He crawls under Opal's bed.

9. What book was Miss Franny reading when she confronted the bear?
(a) The encyclopedia.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) War and Peace.

10. Why does Opal tell God that the other children who are available don't want to play with her?
(a) Because she has a smelly dog.
(b) Because she is new in town.
(c) Because she is the Preacher's daughter.
(d) Because she doesn't have a mother.

11. What event happens within the store that secures Opal's job at the store?
(a) Sweetie Pie Thomas vouches for her.
(b) The parrot lands on Winn-Dixie's head.
(c) Miss Franny vouches for Opal.
(d) The store owner learns Opal's father's occupation.

12. What does Winn-Dixie do that leads people to believe that he is listening to the Preacher's service?
(a) He walks from member to member during the service.
(b) He lays his head on Opal's lap.
(c) He stares at the Preacher.
(d) He perks up his ears.

13. Where do Opal and Winn-Dixie go early every morning?
(a) To visit Gloria.
(b) The church.
(c) The pet store.
(d) To the library.

14. What does Opal think the dog will do for her father?
(a) He will help him in his job.
(b) He will be a good influence on her father.
(c) He will make his job easier.
(d) He will help keep him in the trailer.

15. What does Opal think about Amanda Wilkinson?
(a) She walks around with a pinched face all the time.
(b) She is mean to Miss Franny.
(c) She loves dogs.
(d) She wants to be friends with Opal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following things can Opal do very well?

2. Where did Dunlap and Stevie Dewberry tell Opal that her dog had gone?

3. What did Winn-Dixie do seemingly to try to get the Preacher to share information?

4. What secret does Opal learn about Otis?

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

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