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Because of Winn Dixie

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Opal first let Winn-Dixie into the trailer, he _____.

a)

knocked over the china cabinet and broke all the vases

b)

put his head right in the preacher's lap

c)

whimpered softly and cowered by the door

d)

growled and barked loudly when the preacher approached Opal

2.

What was the tenth thing that the preacher told Opal about her mother?

a)

She hadn't really wanted to have children

b)

She had worked hard as a teacher in Naomi

c)

She had loved Opal very much

d)

She had the most beautiful voice he had ever heard.

3.

Miss Franny became a librarian at a young age because ____.

a)

her mother had been a librarian and often took Franny to work

b)

she had asked her father for a library when she was small

c)

her family was poor and she needed a job at a young age

d)

she used to run a free library with her friend, using her own books

4.

What was one reason Opal suddenly didn't feel so lonely in Naomi again?

a)

Amanda promised to introduce Opal to her three best friends at school

b)

The preacher had agreed to teach Sunday School classes at home

c)

She had received from Sweetie Pie her first invitation to a party

d)

Two letters from old friends in Watley arrived in the mail

5.

Why did Gloria Dump want Opal to plant a tree?

a)

so Opal would have to keep visiting Gloria

b)

to see if Opal had her mother's green thumb

c)

to show Opal the beauty of nature

d)

so Opal would have something of her very own.

6.

One night, the preacher said that Winn-Dixie had a pathological fear of ____.

a)

thunderstorms

b)

plastic bags

c)

church bells

d)

cats

7.

In the story Miss Franny told, why did Littmus decide to make candy?

a)

During the war, a solder entrusted him with a secret recipe

b)

He was eager to make a living working with his hands

c)

He wanted to put some sweetness into the world

d)

He thought it was important to continue the family business

8.

What did Opal learn about Amanda that explained why she was "pinch-faced"?

a)

Her brother, Carson had drowned the previous year

b)

Like Opal's mother, her mother had left the family, too

c)

Her father ignored her most of her life because he had really wanted a boy

d)

She had once been viciously attacked by a stray dog

9.

While talking to her mother under Gloria Dump's mistake tree, Opal said ____.

a)

her father had become a great dad and mom

b)

she and Winn-Dixie would never stop looking for her mother

c)

her heart was full all the way up

d)

she often wondered if the preacher had asked her mother to leave

10.

Before he left jail, Otis had been made to promise that he would ____.

a)

stay out of trouble for the next ten years

b)

leave the state and never come back

c)

get a job within thirty days

d)

never again play his guitar in the street.