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Because of Winn Dixie

Chapter 1 Questions

1. What characters were introduced in chapter one?

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2. How did India Opal meet her new friend?

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3. Describe Winn-Dixie.
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4. Why was India Opal at the store?

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Because of Winn Dixie

Chapter 2 Questions

1. What character was introduced in chapter two?

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2. Where did India Opal and her father move and why did they move there?
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3. What does India Opal’s father call her and why?

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4. Why was India Opal called “an exception” and who called her that?
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5. How did India Opal convince her father to let her keep Winn-Dixie?
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Answer Key

Chapter 1
1. India Opal and Win-Dixie were introduced in Chapter 1.
2. India Opal was sent to the grocery store. While she was there she heard a
commotion. She saw a dog running around the produce section. When
the manager threatened to call the pound, India Opal said the dog was
hers.
3. He was a big, ugly dog. He was skinny; you could see his ribs. There
were bald patches all over him, places where he didn’t have fur at all.
Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left
out in the rain.
4. India Opal was at the store because her father sent her to get a box of
macaroni and cheese, some white rice and two tomatoes.

Chapter 2
1. The preacher was introduced in chapter 2.
2. India Opal and her father moved to Naomi, Florida so that her father could
be the preacher of The Open Arms Baptist Church of Naomi.
3. India Opal’s father calls her Opal because that was his mother’s name.
4. Mr. Alfred called India Opal an exception because India Opal was a good
quiet kid.
5. India Opal told her father that Winn-Dixie was a less fortunate and that
they should help those less fortunate than themselves. She tells her father
that the dog needs her.

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