Q 01/05

In Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal names her stray dog after what kind of business, where she first finds him?

A) A gas station

B) A supermarket

C) A hardware store

D) A bowling alley

Answer · why

B) A supermarket

A supermarket is where it happens: Winn-Dixie is a real grocery chain, and the name is simply the first thing that comes into Opal's head when the dog...

Q 02/05

In Because of Winn-Dixie, what frightens Winn-Dixie into tearing around the trailer and knocking the preacher over?

A) Thunderstorms

B) Fireworks

C) Vacuum cleaners

D) Church bells

Answer · why

A) Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms send him into a blind panic, which the preacher calls a pathological fear: one he cannot be talked or reasoned out of. Father and daught...

Q 03/05

In Because of Winn-Dixie, what do two boys from church say Gloria Dump is when Winn-Dixie runs into her overgrown yard?

A) A ghost

B) A robber

C) A witch

D) A vampire

Answer · why

C) A witch

A witch who will eat the dog is the boys' warning, so Opal goes in after him. She finds a kind, nearly blind old woman feeding him from her hand.

Q 04/05

In Because of Winn-Dixie, which famously long novel did young Miss Franny Block hurl at a wild intruder in her library?

A) Moby-Dick

B) Don Quixote

C) Les Misérables

D) War and Peace

Answer · why

D) War and Peace

War and Peace was the book in her hands, and it never came back: the intruder left with it. Jokes about the well-read visitor followed her for years.

Q 05/05

In Because of Winn-Dixie, which wild animal does Miss Franny Block mistake Winn-Dixie for at the library window?

A) A bear

B) A wolf

C) A panther

D) An alligator

Answer · why

A) A bear

A bear once strolled into her library when Florida was still wild, so a big furry face at the glass sends her diving behind her desk. Telling Opal the...