Because of Winn-Dixie

Why was India Opal Buloni so lonely?

• Nobody at school likes Opal because she looks funny.

• Opal has been sick a long time and has had to stay home in bed.

• She and her father, the Preacher, just moved to town and she has no friends.

• Opal is shy and she doesn't dare to meet new people.

Why does Opal name her dog Winn-Dixie?

• She found her dog inside the Winn-Dixie store and needed to come up with a name quickly.

• The Winn-Dixie store was her favorite store back in Watley where she used to live.

• Winn-Dixie is Opal's mother's name and she misses her mother a lot.

• When Opal found the dog, he had a tag on him with his name Winn-Dixie.

What animal does Opal's father remind her of and why?

• A beaver because he is always busy building things.

• A lion because he is loud and angry most of the time.

• A mouse because he is quiet and doesn't talk much.

• A turtle because he seems to get quiet and pull his head inside of his shell.

Opal begged the preacher to tell her 10 things about her mother. Why did she decide on 10?

• Opal wanted 10 things because her mother had been gone for 10 years.

• Opal wanted 10 things because they had moved 10 times.

• Opal wanted 10 things because she was 10 years old.

• Opal wanted 10 things because she could only count to 10.

Other than Winn-Dixie, who was Opal's first friend in Naomi?

• Otis from Gertrude's Pets

• Sweetie Pie Thomas

• Gloria Dump, the witch

• Miss Franny Block

What happened on Opal's first day of work?

• Gertrude the parrot attacked Winn-Dixie and Opal couldn't work there anymore.

• All the animals were out of their cages, sitting like statues while Otis played his guitar.

• The store was locked and so Opal went to visit Miss Franny Block.

• Sweetie Pie was crying by the side of the road so Opal stopped to help her.

When Opal told Gloria Dump about Otis being in jail. Gloria showed her a tree with lots of bottles on it. What did Gloria say about the tree?

• Gloria said she gathered up the bottles from the city dump and she likes the sweet chimes they make.

• Gloria said her mama had lived with her and drank the bottles dry and the bottles remind her of her mama.

• Gloria said her husband drank all the alcohol and then beat her. The bottles remind her that drinking make people mean.

• Gloria said she drank everything from the bottles and now they kept the ghosts away.

Franny Block tells Opal and Amanda the story of her great grandfather, Littmus, who fought in the war when he was 14 years old. What did he discover when he finally returned home?

• The family home had been burned. His mother and sisters had died from a bad sickness and his father died on the battlefield.

• His mother and sisters were now living in a poor house in town, because they ran out of money. His dad was there too.

• His mother and sisters had moved to a different town. His father had died during the war.

• His father had left the army and was nowhere to be found. His mother and sisters were shot by enemy soldiers.

How did Littmus Block make his fortune?

• He went back to work in the army.

• He created the Littmus Lozenge.

• He didn't make a forture, he was poor all his life.

• He became a librarian.

What was the secret ingredient in the Littmus Lozenge?

• root beer

• strawberry

• sadness

• happiness