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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 happened to Littmus's home?

2. Which of the following terms could be used to describe how Amanda reacts to the story?

3. How does Opal indicate she feels when she thinks of her mother?

4. What did Franny bring to the party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the name of the candy Littmus invented and what was it famous for?

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

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

4. What is the most important thing that Opal tells the ghost tree?

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

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

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

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

9. When Miss Franny's great-grandfather was 14 what did he do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of prejudice woven throughout the novel? Which characters seem to demonstrate a form of prejudice at some point throughout the novel? Do they overcome it? How or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In what way does the author interweave the them of loneliness throughout the novel? Are there any characters who do not seem to be lonely? If so, who, if not why not?

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