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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. Why do Opal and Gloria decide the party should be at night?
(a) It will be cooler.
(b) No one will have to ask off of work.
(c) More people are able to attend.
(d) The moon is prettier.

2. What does the preacher do after Opal shares things that she has been thinking for a long time?
(a) Becomes very silent.
(b) Walks away.
(c) Gets angry.
(d) Cries.

3. Which of the following terms could be used to describe how Amanda reacts to the story?
(a) Horror.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Sympathy.

4. What does Opal accuse the Preacher of doing?
(a) Not caring about Winn-Dixie.
(b) Letting her mother run off without trying to make her stay.
(c) Being uncaring and insensitive.
(d) Finding a way to finally make her happy.

5. What happened to Littmus's home?
(a) It was burnt down.
(b) It was still standing but unable to be lived in.
(c) It was taken over by another family.
(d) It was destroyed by cannon fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Carson?

2. Who is late at arriving at the party?

3. What do the Preacher and Opal notice when they return to Gloria's house?

4. Where does Opal go at the end of the chapter?

5. What sometimes happens to Franny when she is telling a story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Opal go when the sky clears and what does she do there?

2. What did Opal ask Gloria about Otis and what does Gloria do?

3. How does the group at the party come to know that Otis has arrived?

4. What idea does chapter 2 of Gone with the Wind give Opal?

5. What happens immediately after the preacher gives the blessing that causes chaos throughout the party?

6. What do you believe is the author's purpose of this short, transitional chapter?

7. What does Opal finally confess to her father that she has been thinking about for a very long time?

8. How did Amanda seem when she entered the library and how was this interpreted by Opal?

9. Why was Opal very upset with herself after she gets everyone from the party inside Gloria's house?

10. How did Littmus feel about his time as a soldier?

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