WorksheetsBecause of Winn Dixie
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When Opal first let Winn-Dixie into the trailer, he _____.
knocked over the china cabinet and broke all the vases
put his head right in the preacher's lap
whimpered softly and cowered by the door
growled and barked loudly when the preacher approached Opal
What was the tenth thing that the preacher told Opal about her mother?
She hadn't really wanted to have children
She had worked hard as a teacher in Naomi
She had loved Opal very much
She had the most beautiful voice he had ever heard.
Miss Franny became a librarian at a young age because ____.
her mother had been a librarian and often took Franny to work
she had asked her father for a library when she was small
her family was poor and she needed a job at a young age
she used to run a free library with her friend, using her own books
What was one reason Opal suddenly didn't feel so lonely in Naomi again?
Amanda promised to introduce Opal to her three best friends at school
The preacher had agreed to teach Sunday School classes at home
She had received from Sweetie Pie her first invitation to a party
Two letters from old friends in Watley arrived in the mail
Why did Gloria Dump want Opal to plant a tree?
so Opal would have to keep visiting Gloria
to see if Opal had her mother's green thumb
to show Opal the beauty of nature
so Opal would have something of her very own.
One night, the preacher said that Winn-Dixie had a pathological fear of ____.
thunderstorms
plastic bags
church bells
cats
In the story Miss Franny told, why did Littmus decide to make candy?
During the war, a solder entrusted him with a secret recipe
He was eager to make a living working with his hands
He wanted to put some sweetness into the world
He thought it was important to continue the family business
What did Opal learn about Amanda that explained why she was "pinch-faced"?
Her brother, Carson had drowned the previous year
Like Opal's mother, her mother had left the family, too
Her father ignored her most of her life because he had really wanted a boy
She had once been viciously attacked by a stray dog
While talking to her mother under Gloria Dump's mistake tree, Opal said ____.
her father had become a great dad and mom
she and Winn-Dixie would never stop looking for her mother
her heart was full all the way up
she often wondered if the preacher had asked her mother to leave
Before he left jail, Otis had been made to promise that he would ____.
stay out of trouble for the next ten years
leave the state and never come back
get a job within thirty days
never again play his guitar in the street.
