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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gloria and Opal spend most of the afternoon doing?

2. Where had Winn-Dixie gone during the storm?

3. What did Otis bring to the party?

4. Which character suggests that everyone move inside?

5. What question does Opal ask of Gloria in relation to Otis?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the preacher react to Opal's statements and what does he say?

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

3. What does Opal do when she realizes Winn-Dixie is missing and what does Gloria tell her?

4. What does Gloria say the Littmus Lozenge she is given reminds her of?

5. How do Gloria and Opal spend the day of the party?

6. What did Otis do that led the police officers to arrest him and what did he do when they tried to arrest him?

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

8. How does Opal react to finding Winn-Dixie and what actions does she take?

9. What did Littmus do when he arrived home from the war and then what did he have a yearning for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does the character of Opal stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves? Is this a good trait? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Opal begin to feel needed and to have a reason for living as the book progresses? How does this change her character?

Essay Topic 3

At what point in the novel does Opal learn that she is capable of causing sadness as well as receiving sadness? Which characters in the novel does Opal cause sadness in? How does that happen? Does she change that? How or why not?

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