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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dunlap and Stevie Dewberry tell Opal that her dog had gone?
(a) Back to the trailer park.
(b) Into the witch's house.
(c) Chasing after the cat with fleas.
(d) Way deep into the jungle.

2. 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.

3. What does Winn-Dixie do to the mouse to keep it from escaping?
(a) Takes it outside.
(b) Drops it in Opal's hand.
(c) Holds it in his mouth.
(d) Steps on its tail.

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

5. Which of the following best describes how the Preacher lives?
(a) Like a hermit crab in its shell.
(b) Like a turtle trapped in its shell.
(c) Like a fish in a pond.
(d) Like a monkey in a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the things Opal's mother was not good at doing?

2. Which of the following terms does Opal use to describe her father?

3. What was the first name that came to Opal for the dog?

4. How did Miss Franny get the bear to leave the library?

5. Which of the following is not an accurate description of the dog Opal sees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Opal and Winn-Dixie finish up at the pet store?

2. What does Opal do on the walk back to her home with Winn-Dixie?

3. What does Opal call her father and what is his new job in Florida?

4. What does Opal confess to Winn-Dixie that she and her father have been thinking a lot about?

5. Why did Gloria ask Opal to tell her about herself?

6. What does Miss Franny spend all of her time doing and how could she be characterized?

7. What happens if Opal or her father leave Winn-Dixie tied up outside of the trailer?

8. What happened to Opal's mother?

9. What does Opal tell Winn-Dixie she is a little concerned about?

10. What did Opal learn about her mother that caused fights between her mother and her father?

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