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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 did Franny bring to the party?

2. Where does Winn-Dixie often go when he is in the library?

3. Why doesn't Miss Franny allow Amanda to take over when she comes into the library?

4. What is the secret ingredient in the Littmus lozenge?

5. How does Gloria react to the two surprises that Opal brings to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened after Opal and the preacher went to search for Winn-Dixie?

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

6. What does Miss Franny suffer from and what does it remind Opal of?

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

8. How does the reader feel about Otis once they learn why he was arrested?

9. How does Opal try to keep all of Gloria's ghosts away?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is the character of Otis a contradiction? Do you think it is good for Opal to be around Otis? Do you think Otis is a good role model? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters seem to display emotional isolation? How does this affect their lives? Do they change throughout the novel? How or why not?

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