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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 tell her father.
(c) She wants to write a book about Winn-Dixie.
(d) She wants to write it down in her diary.

2. 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 doesn't have a mother.
(c) Because she is new in town.
(d) Because she is the Preacher's daughter.

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

4. Why does Opal want to remember the things her father told her?
(a) So that she can ask other questions of her father later.
(b) So that she can search for her mother.
(c) So that she will always have some memory of her mother.
(d) So she will recognize her mother if she comes back.

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

6. 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 cannot live inside the house.
(d) He has found himself a home.

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

8. What did Miss Franny think she saw outside of the library?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A coyote.

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

10. What does Winn-Dixie do when the Preacher calls him?
(a) Falls down and whines.
(b) Sneezes and limps up the steps.
(c) Runs away through the trailer park.
(d) Walks over to Opal instead of the Preacher.

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

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

13. What did Opal tell the store manager about the dog?
(a) That the dog was scared of him.
(b) That the dog belonged to the children outside.
(c) That the dog was very smart.
(d) That the dog was hers.

14. At which of the following places does Opal live?
(a) The Friendly Baptist Church.
(b) The Winn-Dixie Trailer Park.
(c) The Friendly Corners Trailer Park.
(d) The Open Arms Baptist Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Preacher sees the ugly, matted and smelly dog that Opal brought home?

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

3. What happens when Otis stops playing music?

4. Which of the following is not true about Opal's mother's sense of humor?

5. What does Winn-Dixie do to the mouse to keep it from escaping?

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