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WorksheetsBecause of Winn-Dixie Chapters 5-8
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins
1. Why did Miss Franny scream?
Someone stole a book.
She thought Winn-Dixie was a bear.
Someone knocked on the door.
She saw a mouse run across the floor.
How did Opal manage to get Winn-Dixie into the library?
She brought him through the back door.
She threw a dog biscuit through the front door.
She promised Miss Franny that he would stay in the back room.
She went to get him before Miss Franny had a chance to say “no”.
What is the setting of this novel, Because of Winn-Dixie?
Tampa, Florida in the 1990s.
Charlotte, North Carolina in the 1960s
Naomi, Florida in the 1970s
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the 1980s.
What evidence from the chapter let you know that Winn-Dixie did not like to be left alone?
He pulled the cushions off of the couch and the paper off of the toilet rolls.
He cried the whole time and looked sadly out of the window.
He dug a big hole in the carpet near the kitchen.
He hid under the bed and refused to get out.
What belongs in the blank box? What caused an uproar in the church?
A baby cried.
A thunderstorm began.
Winn-Dixie wanted to go home.
Winn-Dixie chases a mouse.
What is the MAIN conflict (problem) of the novel?
Opal is lonely and misses her mother.
Winn-Dixie is homeless and needs someone to love.
Opal wants a dog but her father won’t let her have one.
Winn-Dixie is dirty but he won’t let Opal give him a bath.
What did Ms. Franny Block's father give her for her birthday?
a dog
a book
a library
a book mark
Below are nouns from the chapters this week choose the abstract noun from the list below.
dog
book
library
pride
Where did Opal find a collar and leash for Winn-Dixie?
Grocery Store
Hardware Store
Getrude's Pets
Library
What ironic thing happened when Miss Franny threw War and Peace at the bear?
The bear sat down and read it.
The bear took the book with him when he ran away.
The bear ate the book.
The bear started a fight with another bear.
“The mosquitos were so big they could fly away with you.” Which figurative language device is being used here?
simile
hyperbole
personification
What motivated Amanda to ask about the dog rule?
She wanted Opal to get in trouble.
She wanted to bring her dog to the library.
The bear took the book with him when he ran away.
She wanted Opal to give her Winn-Dixie.
Why does Opal want to buy Winn-Dixie a leash and collar?
so he will feel less like a stray
to keep him from running away
because it is the law of their county
to let him stay outside when they leave
What test did Winn-Dixie have to pass in order for Opal to work in the pet shop?
He had to be able to fetch a ball.
He had to get permission from her father.
He had to get along with the dog, Bennie.
He had to get the parrot, Gertrude, to like him.
