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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Opal want to remember everything that has happened to Winn-Dixie and herself?
(a) She wants to tell her mother if she ever meets her.
(b) She wants to write a book about Winn-Dixie.
(c) She wants to write it down in her diary.
(d) She wants to tell her father.

2. What happens when the Preacher sees the ugly, matted and smelly dog that Opal brought home?
(a) He falls in love with him.
(b) He sends him out of their house right away.
(c) He tries to think of someone who will take him.
(d) He is repulsed by him.

3. What did Gloria Dump offer Opal?
(a) Peanut butter sandwich.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A chair and drink.
(d) Some money to cut her grass.

4. On what basis does Opal treat Gloria?
(a) On the way she keeps her house.
(b) How she treats Winn-Dixie.
(c) On what the boys told her about Gloria.
(d) On her gut instinct.

5. What does Gloria suggest she and Opal do together?
(a) Plant a tree.
(b) Mow the yard.
(c) Go to the store.
(d) Take Winn-Dixie for a walk.

6. Which of the following things can Opal do very well?
(a) Cook.
(b) Plant things.
(c) Name constellations.
(d) Run.

7. Which of the following is an accurate description of how the Preacher feels about Winn-Dixie after Opal finishes with him?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He is disgusted.
(c) He is impressed.
(d) He is surprised.

8. What did Opal's mother do that often caused fights between the Preacher and Opal's mother?
(a) She didn't cook.
(b) She drank.
(c) She wouldn't go to church.
(d) She refused to work.

9. What decision does the Preacher make in regards to Winn-Dixie?
(a) He must go to the pound.
(b) He needs to go back to the grocery store.
(c) He has found himself a home.
(d) He cannot live inside the house.

10. What instrument does Opal find out that Otis plays?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Violin.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Flute.

11. In what season does Opal find Winn-Dixie?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

12. About how old was Miss Franny when the bear got into the library?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

13. How does Opal treat Winn-Dixie?
(a) Like a friend.
(b) Like a burden.
(c) Like her mother.
(d) Like a dog.

14. Most of the things that happen to Opal during the summer are because of who?
(a) Otis and her job at the pet store.
(b) Miss Franny.
(c) Winn-Dixie.
(d) Her father and members of the church.

15. What secret does Opal learn about Otis?
(a) He wants Opal to help out more in the pet store.
(b) He is embarrassed by his music.
(c) He doesn't like people to hear him play his music.
(d) He was in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fear does the Preacher say Winn-Dixie has?

2. What question did Gloria ask Opal about Dunlap and Stevie?

3. What was Winn-Dixie doing when she found him after going through the overgrown yard?

4. How many things did Opal want her father to share with her about her mother?

5. How did Opal reply to Gloria's question about Dunlap and Stevie?

(see the answer keys)

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