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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Opal settle on the specific number she did in regards to the number of things she wanted to know about her mother?
(a) It was a simple number.
(b) One for every year she was alive.
(c) It was how long she had known Winn-Dixie.
(d) It was how many days since she'd seen her mother last.

2. Which word best describes what Stevie and Dunlap Dewberry do to Opal whenever she goes to visit Gloria?
(a) Ambush.
(b) Ridicule.
(c) Taunt.
(d) Tease.

3. Why did Opal decide to take the dog home to the Preacher?
(a) To see if they could help him.
(b) To save his life.
(c) To get him out of the store.
(d) To find someone in the church to keep him.

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

5. What does Opal want to do with all of the things her father told her?
(a) Memorize them.
(b) Act them out.
(c) Make them into a book.
(d) Write them in her diary.

6. Which of the following is not an accurate description of the dog Opal sees?
(a) He was ugly.
(b) He was spotted.
(c) He was smelly.
(d) He was big.

7. How many things did Opal want her father to share with her about her mother?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

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

9. What topic did Opal approach with her father after she finished with Winn-Dixie?
(a) Groceries.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her old friends.
(d) Her new school.

10. What did Winn-Dixie do seemingly to try to get the Preacher to share information?
(a) Barked at the Preacher.
(b) Nudged his nose to the Preacher's arms.
(c) Laid his head in the Preacher's lap.
(d) Pushed Opal toward the Preacher.

11. What does Opal hear when she walks into the grocery store?
(a) The manager yelling about a dog.
(b) Women screaming looking for their lost dog.
(c) The manager calling for help.
(d) A dog barking wildly.

12. Which of the following terms best describes how Opal reacts to Gloria?
(a) She is enchanted.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is surprised.
(d) She is disgusted.

13. How did Opal reply to Gloria's question about Dunlap and Stevie?
(a) She said they were boys.
(b) She said they were saying the same things to her.
(c) She said they started it.
(d) She said they were mean and stupid.

14. Which of the following things doesn't Opal tell Gloria about?
(a) Being the daughter of a preacher.
(b) Finding Winn-Dixie in the grocery store.
(c) Ten things about her mother.
(d) The bear in the library.

15. What color theme is Sweetie Pie's birthday party?
(a) Pink.
(b) Purple.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Opal head with Winn-Dixie at the beginning of chapter twelve?

2. How does the preacher surprise Opal after they see how Winn-Dixie responds to the thunder storms?

3. How does Opal feel about her mother?

4. Most of the things that happen to Opal during the summer are because of who?

5. What did the Preacher tell Opal that he couldn't give Opal's mother when they were running?

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