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

2. How did they find Winn-Dixie?

3. What did Littmus decide to do because he saw the world as such a sorry place?

4. WHat happened to Littmus's sisters?

5. Which character suggests that everyone move inside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was the name of the candy Littmus invented and what was it famous for?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Opal begin to feel needed and to have a reason for living as the book progresses? How does this change her character?

Essay Topic 2

How does the lozenge relate to the main themes of this story? Do you believe the book would be as good had the lozenge been eliminated? 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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