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