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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. Who is the Preacher that Opal refers to continually?

2. What instrument does Opal find out that Otis plays?

3. What does Opal confess to Winn-Dixie?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how Opal reacts to Gloria?

5. What was Winn-Dixie doing when she found him after going through the overgrown yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Opal tell Winn-Dixie she is a little concerned about?

2. What does Opal confess to Winn-Dixie that she and her father have been thinking a lot about?

3. What happens if Opal or her father leave Winn-Dixie tied up outside of the trailer?

4. What did Opal ask Otis if she could do to pay for the collar and leash?

5. What happens when Opal and Winn-Dixie finish up at the pet store?

6. In what way are Winn-Dixie and Opal alike according to Opal?

7. What does the dog do when he sees Opal and how does he do it?

8. What does Opal call her father and what is his new job in Florida?

9. What wakes Opal up at night and why is she awoken?

10. What does Opal interpret it means when Winn-Dixie stares at her after she makes her confession to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways are Otis and Winn-Dixie the same? In what ways does Opal treat them the same? Do you think this is intentional on the part of the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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