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

2. How did they find Winn-Dixie?

3. Why is Opal kind of glad that it is raining?

4. Why did Opal see reflected in the porch light that made her very sad?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the most important thing that Opal tells the ghost tree?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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