Because of Winn-Dixie Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What is Opal’s father’s occupation?
He owns a pet store.
He is a preacher.
He works as a librarian.
He is a schoolteacher.
2. Gloria tells Opal to judge people by what they are doing now rather than only by what they did before. Which situation best applies that advice?
Opal assumes the preacher’s silence means he has forgotten her mother.
Opal memorizes every detail of Miss Franny’s bear story before forming an opinion.
Opal decides that anyone who teases her can never become a friend.
Opal considers Otis’s present kindness instead of defining him only by his past trouble.
3. What is the most important effect of the party Opal organizes at Gloria’s house?
It persuades the preacher to leave his church.
It settles the disagreement over who owns Winn-Dixie.
It brings together people whose loneliness and differences had kept them apart.
It gives Opal a chance to announce that her mother is returning.
4. Opal asks the preacher to tell her ten things about her absent mother. What does this request reveal most clearly?
Opal is preparing a school report about her family.
Opal wants evidence that her mother plans to return soon.
Opal wants a clearer picture of her mother and a way to feel connected to her.
Opal wants to prove that the preacher remembers every family detail.
5. Why does Opal name the stray dog Winn-Dixie?
She finds him inside a Winn-Dixie supermarket.
The name appears on his old collar.
It was her mother’s favorite name.
The preacher suggests it after a town landmark.
6. Opal compares the preacher to a turtle hiding inside its shell. What does this comparison suggest?
He prefers staying at home because Naomi feels unfamiliar.
He responds slowly because he does not understand Opal’s questions.
He withdraws emotionally and has difficulty discussing painful feelings.
He is patient with everyone except members of his congregation.
7. Gloria Dump calls the bottle-covered tree in her yard a “mistake tree.” What do the bottles represent?
Mistakes from Gloria’s past that she chooses to remember
Gifts left by visitors who attended her parties
Places Gloria hopes to visit in the future
Promises made by people who moved away from Naomi
8. What is the full name of the girl who narrates Because of Winn-Dixie?
Franny Block
Amanda Wilkinson
Sweetie Pie Thomas
India Opal Buloni
9. What commonly happens when Otis plays his guitar at Gertrude’s Pets?
Customers leave because the music frightens their pets.
The animals become restless and try to escape the store.
Gertrude the parrot begins giving commands to the other animals.
The animals become calm and gather around him.
10. Which statement best expresses a central idea developed through Opal’s friendships in the novel?
Sharing stories and accepting both joy and sorrow can help people feel less alone.
A new home feels welcoming only after a person forgets the place left behind.
Friendship depends on people having similar ages, histories, and personalities.
People avoid sorrow most successfully when they keep their memories private.
11. A thunderstorm begins during the party at Gloria Dump’s house. Based on Winn-Dixie’s established behavior, what is Opal most likely to fear has happened?
He has followed Otis back to the pet store.
He has gone to the library to find Miss Franny.
He has chased the Dewberry boys out of the yard.
He has panicked, run away, or hidden because of the thunder.
12. Why does Amanda Wilkinson respond strongly to the sorrowful taste of a Littmus Lozenge?
Her family is preparing to leave Naomi.
Her best friend has stopped speaking to her.
She is grieving the death of her younger brother, Carson.
She remembers losing a beloved dog during a storm.
13. What makes a Littmus Lozenge unusual to the people who taste one?
Its sweetness is mixed with a taste of sorrow.
It tastes bitter at first but has no sweetness.
Its flavor changes according to the weather.
It tastes different only to children and adults.
14. Which event from Miss Franny Block’s past explains why Winn-Dixie initially reminds her of a bear?
A circus bear once escaped beside her childhood home.
A bear once entered the library, and she frightened it away with a book.
She once mistook a large dog for a bear in the woods.
Her family kept a carved bear inside the library.
15. During the search for Winn-Dixie, what change most deepens Opal’s relationship with the preacher?
They agree that Opal should stop asking questions about her mother.
They speak more honestly about Opal’s mother, their grief, and the pain of being left.
The preacher promises that Winn-Dixie will never be frightened again.
They decide to move away from Naomi and begin again elsewhere.
16. In which Florida town does most of the novel take place?
Jacksonville
Naomi
Tallahassee
Orlando