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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 does Opal convince the one hesitant character to come to her party?

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

3. Why does Opal work particularly slow at her job after Otis tells her why he went to jail?

4. What happens right after the preacher is finished?

5. Where does Winn-Dixie often go when he is in the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Opal try to keep all of Gloria's ghosts away?

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

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

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

6. How did Littmus feel about his time as a soldier?

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

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

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

10. What does Gloria say the Littmus Lozenge she is given reminds her of?

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

Describe events in the story that led Winn-Dixie to help relieve a character's loneliness or sadness. Do you believe a pet can relieve someone's loneliness or sadness? 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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