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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 book does Opal decide to read to Gloria Dump?

2. What does Opal accuse the Preacher of doing?

3. What doesn't Otis want to have to do at the party?

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

5. Who offers to help the preacher and Opal look for the missing character?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is the phrase appearances can be deceiving accurate in this novel? In what ways is it not accurate?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain how the statement judgment without knowledge can lead one astray is reflected within this novel. Include specific examples from the text and then add personal connections you have experienced with this statement.

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