Characters
Plot
Theme
Vocabulary
Fun Little Details
100
These characters were best friends.
Who are Opal and Winn-Dixie?
100

The place where Winn-Dixie is first found.

What is a grocery store?

100
Winn-Dixie brings this to a lot of characters in the story.
What is joy or happiness?
100
Uncommon and unusual. Opal had many __________ friends.
What is peculiar?
100
Winn-Dixie was terrified of these.
What are thunderstorms?
200
This character was an ex-criminal who gave Opal a job.
Who is Otis?
200
The feeling Opal felt when she first moved.
What is lonely?
200
Gloria Dump helped Opal see people with her heart and taught her this important lesson.
What is accepting people for who they are in the present or not judging others for past mistakes?
200
To copy, impersonate, or mimic. The parrot in Gertrude's Pet Store like to ________ others.
What is imitate?
200
The name of the town where Opal lived.
What is Naomi, Florida?
300
This character established a library and loved to tell stories.
Who is Miss Franny?
300
Miss Franny had mistaken Winn-Dixie for this animal when she first met him.
What is a bear?
300
Winn-Dixie helps the preacher come "out of his shell" and teaches him the importance of this.
What is family or love?
300
A gloomy state of mind. Opal felt _________ when she lost Winn-Dixie.
What is melancholy?
300
The name children gave Gloria Dump.
What is a "witch"?
400
The character who Opal grew to like at the end of the story.
Who is Amanda?
400
Winn-Dixie helped Opal to make these.
What are friendships?
400
Since Opal is an only child who doesn't have a mother and moves a lot with her father, she lacks a sense of this.
What is community?
400
Complex or difficult. Sometimes Opal's life was ______________.
What is complicated?
400
The name of the store where Opal worked.
What is Gertrude's Pet Store?
500
The character who Opal compared to "a turtle in a shell, not ever sticking his head out into the world."
Who is her father, the preacher?
500
The point of view from whom the story is told.
Who is India Opal?
500
Just about everything that happened to Opal that summer happened for this reason.
What is Because of Winn-Dixie?
500
To leave. Opal's mother__________ her and her father.
What is abandon/ed?
500
The book Opal read to Gloria Dump.
What is "Gone with the Wind"?
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