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Unit 1 Week 1 – Because of Winn Dixie

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Instructions

Read each question. Select the best answer and record it on your answer document.

|1) | |What happened first? |

| |a. |Winn Dixie ran over the store manager. |

| |b. |Preacher said Opal could keep Winn Dixie. |

| |c. |India Opal moved to Naomi, Florida. |

| |d. |Opal went to the store to buy food. |

|2) | |What did Opal do to keep the manager from calling the pound? |

| |a. |She said that the dog belonged to her. |

| |b. |She asked the preacher to keep the dog. |

| |c. |She paid for the damages. |

| |d. |She cried so he would feel sorry for her. |

|3) | |Who did Opal say she had found at the store? |

| |a. |a homeless man |

| |b. |a scruffy dog |

| |c. |a crying manager |

| |d. |a less fortunate |

|4) | |How old was Opal when her mother left? |

| |a. |three |

| |b. |eleven |

| |c. |five |

| |d. |ten |

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|5) | |Why did Opal decide to ask to hear ten things about her mother? |

| |a. |She thought the preacher didn’t know. |

| |b. |Winn Dixie told her to ask. |

| |c. |She was ten years old. |

| |d. |She thought she could find her mom. |

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|6) | |Why did Opal write down the things her father told her? |

| |a. |to read with Gloria |

| |b. |to bury in a time capsule |

| |c. |to share them with Franny |

| |d. |to remember them |

|7) | |How does Opal know that Winn Dixie does not like to be left alone? |

| |a. |He runs all over the house. |

| |b. |He barks a great deal. |

| |c. |He tells her. |

| |d. |He kills mice around the house. |

|8) | |Why does the preacher let Winn Dixie in the church? |

| |a. |to catch a mouse |

| |b. |so Opal won’t be lonely |

| |c. |to keep him from barking |

| |d. |because it was too hot outside |

|9) | |What did Franny, the librarian, think Winn Dixie was at first? |

| |a. |a bear |

| |b. |a bull |

| |c. |an ugly dog |

| |d. |a person |

|10) | |What does Opal want to purchase at the pet store? |

| |a. |Gertrude, the parrot |

| |b. |a collar and leash |

| |c. |a Litmus Lozenge |

| |d. |Otis’ guitar |

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|11) | |Why is Opal happy to be invited to Sweetie Pie’s birthday party? |

| |a. |She loved the theme. |

| |b. |She thought Sweetie Pie was cool. |

| |c. |She didn’t have other friends. |

| |d. |She wanted to dress Winn Dixie up |

|12) | |Why did Opal first go into Gloria Dump’s yard? |

| |a. |She wanted to see a witch. |

| |b. |The Dewberry boys dared her. |

| |c. |She wanted a peanut butter sandwich. |

| |d. |She was following Winn Dixie. |

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|13) | |What emotion causes Winn Dixie to run around in the thunderstorm? |

| |a. |excitement |

| |b. |fear |

| |c. |determination |

| |d. |melancholy |

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|14) | |Why does Otis let the animals out of their cages? |

| |a. |He knows how they feel in their cages. |

| |b. |He wants to have a concert. |

| |c. |He thought Winn Dixie would like it. |

| |d. |Gertrude asked him to. |

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|15) | |Why does Gloria show Opal her bottle tree? |

| |a. |Opal asks what the clanking noise is. |

| |b. |Otis had made the tree for her. |

| |c. |Gloria wanted Opal to grow a tree like it. |

| |d. |She wants Opal to know everyone makes mistakes. |

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|16) | |Who is Littmus W. Block? |

| |a. |Franny’s rich father |

| |b. |Gloria Dump’s little brother |

| |c. |Franny’s great-grandfather |

| |d. |the town’s pet store owner |

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|17) | |What is the secret ingredient in the Littmus Lozenge? |

| |a. |sadness |

| |b. |root beer |

| |c. |typhoid |

| |d. |strawberries |

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|18) | |What causes Amanda to be “pinch-faced”? |

| |a. |Her mother doesn’t let her go anywhere fun. |

| |b. |She doesn’t like listening to Franny’s stories. |

| |c. |She doesn’t really like Opal. |

| |d. |Her brother died last year. |

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|19) | |What does Sweetie Pie say the Littmus Lozenge tastes like? |

| |a. |Not having a dog. |

| |b. |Her brother dying. |

| |c. |A party without a theme. |

| |d. |Something the witch made. |

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|20) | |Where does Opal get the idea to throw a party? |

| |a. |Preacher told her to throw one for the boys. |

| |b. |From the book she is reading |

| |c. |From listening to Sweetie Pie’s ideas |

| |d. |Otis asks her to create one. |

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|21) | |At the party, why does Amanda want to go inside? |

| |a. |She wants to see Gloria’s house. |

| |b. |She wants Gloria to teach her to make egg salad. |

| |c. |She thinks it is going to rain. |

| |d. |She doesn’t like being in the garden. |

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|22) | |Why does Sweetie Pie say Winn Dixie couldn’t be lost? |

| |a. |Because she saw him under the chair |

| |b. |Because he is too smart to get lost |

| |c. |Because she had taken him home |

| |d. |Because she didn’t want to believe it |

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|23) | |What is the real reason Opal was so upset when her father said they were done searching for Winn Dixie? |

| |a. |Opal thought Winn Dixie was lost forever. |

| |b. |Opal felt like she was giving up on her mom too. |

| |c. |Opal felt like everyone would be mad at her. |

| |d. |Opal knew Winn Dixie was close by. |

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|24) | |How did everyone discover Winn Dixie? |

| |a. |They played music for him. |

| |b. |He barked and barked. |

| |c. |He ran wild because of the storm. |

| |d. |They heard him sneeze. |

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|25) | |Where was Winn Dixie hiding? |

| |a. |under Gloria’s bed |

| |b. |in the kitchen |

| |c. |under the bottle tree |

| |d. |at the pet store |

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Instructions

Read each question. Write your answers on the answer document. Each question requires complete sentence answers. Your answer should be more than one sentence long and provide support and details.

|26) |Gloria Dump cannot see well with her eyes. She says that she sees people with her heart. What does this mean? |

|27) |For most of the story, Opal does not like the Dewberry boys and she doesn’t think they like her. She gets very upset with |

| |them. What is it that makes Opal so upset with the boys? |

|28) |Why was it important for Opal and Amanda to each hear how Littmus W. Block survived after losing everything that he loved? |

|29) |Why was Otis put in jail? Do you think this was fair or unfair and why? |

|30) |Opal didn’t like Amanda to start with. By the end of the story, Opal has changed her mind. How does Opal show that she wants |

| |to be friends with Amanda? |

Unit 1 Week 1 – Because of Winn Dixie

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