What did Miss Franny Block think Winn-Dixie was?
What did Miss Franny Block think Winn-Dixie was?
Miss Franny thought Winn-Dixie was a bear. When she realized he was a dog, she was embarrassed because she thought Opal would think she was a “silly old lady, mistaking a dog for a bear.”
Why does Miss Franny Block allow Winn-Dixie into the library?
Miss Franny Block allows Winn-Dixie into the library because he walks in and lies down at her feet. Miss Franny Block allows Winn-Dixie into the library to catch mice. When she was a little girl, Miss Franny asked her father to give her a library for her birthday.
Why was Miss Franny Block scared of Winn-Dixie at first?
How does Miss Franny feel about seeing Winn-Dixie?
So when Opal goes to the library, she shows him how to look in the window on his hind legs to see her. When Miss Franny sees Winn-Dixie like that, she screams and hides behind her desk. Opal runs to find out what the problem is. Miss Franny thought big ol’ Winn-Dixie was a bear.
Why did Miss Franny and Opal become friends?
Why did Opal suggest she and Miss Franny become friends? All of Miss Franny’s friends are all dead, and Opal is new to town with no friends of her own. Winn-Dixie tells them to be friends. Opal wanted to protect Miss Franny if the bear ever came back.
What was the story about that Miss Franny told Opal?
Miss Franny Block begins her story by telling Opal that back when she was a child, Florida was a wild place full of wild men, women, and animals. Franny’s father was a rich man and promised to get her anything she wanted. So Franny told her father that she wanted her own small library.
Why did Opal tell Miss Franny she had to let Winn Dixie into the library?
Miss Franny screamed because she thought there was a bear outside. Why did Opal tell Miss Franny she had to let Winn-Dixie into the library? It was raining. He gets lonely without her.
How did Miss Franny get rid of the bear?
Miss Franny Block claims to have chased away a bear by hurling a big fat book at him. The bear left but kept the book.
Why do Miss Franny and Opal become friends?
Why is Miss Franny sad after she tells her story about the bear?
What did mistaking Winn Dixie for a bear remind Miss Franny of? Why did Miss Franny look so sad after telling her story? she realized all her friends have died. How could Opal relate to Miss Franny feelings of sadness?
What did Miss Franny Block want for her birthday?
Miss Franny Block is a librarian. She received her library cottage as a birthday present from her rich daddy when she was a “little-miss-know-it-all” (7.10). She “wanted a little house full of nothing but books and I wanted to share them, too” (7.4).
How does Opal feel about Miss Franny Block?
Because Opal is willing to listen to these stories and begins to understand that Miss Franny is just as lonely as she is, Opal suggests that they become friends— Miss Franny is Opal’s first friend (other than Winn-Dixie) in Naomi.
