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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. Why do Opal and Gloria decide the party should be at night?

3. What did Otis used to do a lot of the time?

4. What did Winn-Dixie do during the story about Franny's great-grandfather?

5. What happened to Littmus's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Gloria tell Opal she used to like to do and why can't she do it anymore?

4. Why doesn't Otis want to come to the party and how does Opal convince him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do you think the character of Opal will do in her new home town? Why do you believe this is the case? What about her father, how do you think he will do now?

Essay Topic 3

Why might a reader have empathy for the character Gloria? What ways is Gloria unique? Does Gloria help Opal heal? Why or why not?

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