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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. How did they find Winn-Dixie?

2. How old was Littmus when the Civil War began?

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

4. Why is the tension raised at the end of this chapter?

5. Which of the following characters is hesitant about coming to Opal's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Amanda seem when she entered the library and how was this interpreted by Opal?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Opal go when the sky clears and what does she do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the children called Gloria a witch? Think of another character in another story who Gloria reminds you of and write how the two are the same.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Opal's mother left her father? On what evidence are you basing this conclusion? Do you think her mother's leaving was a good thing or a bad thing? Why?

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