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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. What did the manager of the grocery store want to do with the dog?
(a) Take him home with him.
(b) Make him the store mascot.
(c) Take him to the pound.
(d) Have him put down.

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

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

4. How does the preacher surprise Opal after they see how Winn-Dixie responds to the thunder storms?
(a) He says that Winn-Dixie needs to be trained on what to do when he is scared.
(b) He says that they must teach Winn-Dixie how to better handle thunderstorms.
(c) He says that they need to find Winn-Dixie a new home.
(d) He does not say they have to get rid of him and in fact talks about how to keep him safe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Opal tell God that the other children who are available don't want to play with her?

2. On what basis does Opal treat Gloria?

3. Why does Opal want to remember the things her father told her?

4. What does Opal hear as she is looking through the stacks for a book?

5. What did Opal forget to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Opal feel about the move to Naomi, Florida with her father?

2. How would you describe Opal's decision about wanting to memorize the information her father shared with her about her mother?

3. In what way are Winn-Dixie and Opal alike according to Opal?

4. Why does Opal feel unwelcome at the trailer park where she lives and how does she think Winn-Dixie will be received?

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

6. Describe the library and who is it named after?

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

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

9. Where is Opal's favorite place to go and how does it seem that Winn-Dixie knows when they are there?

10. Write a description of the church that Opal's father preaches at.

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