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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 do Opal and Gloria decide the party should be at night?

2. Who does Opal have to beg to come in out of the rain?

3. What is Otis doing when Opal returns to the house?

4. What happened to Littmus's father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why doesn't Otis want to come to the party and how does Opal convince him?

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

10. What happens immediately after the preacher gives the blessing that causes chaos throughout the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is the character of Otis a contradiction? Do you think it is good for Opal to be around Otis? Do you think Otis is a good role model? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does the author interweave the them of loneliness throughout the novel? Are there any characters who do not seem to be lonely? If so, who, if not why not?

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