PAGES 547-550
PAGES 551-554
PAGES 555-557
General Questions
PSSA Questions
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What is the genre of the passage?
realistic fiction
100
Why is Miss Franny a librarian?
because the library is hers and was a gift from her father
100
What did Miss Franny do to scare the bear away?
She threw a book at the bear.
100
Is the passage real or make believe?
make believe
100
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: "She thought he was a bear."
metaphor
200
How do you know the passage is realistic fiction?
because it has characters and events that are like people in real life and the setting is a real place
200
How do you think Miss Franny felt when she was the bear?
scared, afraid, frightened
200
What happened to the book?
The bear took it with him.
200
Is the passage fiction or nonfiction?
fiction
200
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: "I am like my mama in that I like to be told stories."
simile
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What is the main problem that Miss Franny had on page 548?
Miss Franny thought that Winn-Dixie was a bear and got scared.
300
What was Miss Franny's favorite thing to do?
read books
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What word would you use to describe Miss Franny when she threw the book at the bear?
She was brave or courageous.
300
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to entertain
300
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: "The bear was reading that book and he said it sure was good."
personification
400
How did Winn-Dixie get his name?
Opal named him after the supermarket where she found him, Winn-Dixie.
400
What was Miss Franny trying to tell Opal when she said that the "mosquitos were so big they could fly away with you"?
that Florida was a wild place a long time ago
400
When Miss Franny winks at Opal at the end of the passage, what is she telling Opal?
that they are friends
400
How did the characters change from the beginning to the end of the passage?
At the beginning both were lonely and did not have a friend, and at the end of the passage they became friends and were not lonely anymore.
400
Which word on page 556 means "without friends"?
friendless
500
Why did Miss Franny get so scared when she thought Winn-Dixie was a bear?
because she had a bad experience with a bear a long time ago, and she thought the bear had come back
500
Which word on page 554 means "in a slow way"?
slowly
500
How were Opal and Miss Franny alike at the beginning of the passage?
Both were lonely.
500
What relationship exited between miss Franny and Opal?
friendship, loving and caring
500
What type of figurative language is Spongbob Squarepants?
alliteration
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