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Wish By Barbara O'Conner

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main character's full name?

a)

Charlene

b)

Charlie Reese

c)

Charlemagne Reese

2.

What does Charlemagne like to be called?

a)

Charlie

b)

Maggie

c)

Charles

d)

Magenta

3.

What is Charlie's best friend's name?

a)

Amy

b)

Susan

c)

Bob

d)

Alvina

4.

Who is Charlie's new teacher?

a)

Mrs. Hennessey

b)

Mrs. Willibey

c)

Mrs. Smith

d)

Mrs. Carroll

5.

Where did Charlie move to?

a)

Colby, North Carolina

b)

Charleston, South Carolina

c)

Wilmington, Delaware

d)

Fredricks, Virginia

6.

What did Alvina tell Charlie about Colby?

a)

Everyone loves living in Colby

b)

Colby has lots to do and cool people to meet.

c)

There's just red dirt roads and hillbilly kids in Colby

d)

Colby is boring and no fun.

7.

How does Charlie describe her family?

a)

Loving

b)

Fun

c)

Bad

8.

What does Charlie often get in trouble for?

a)

Fighting

b)

Not following directions

c)

Littering

d)

Skipping School

9.

What do people call Charlie's dad?

a)

Scooby

b)

Scrappy

c)

Daddy-O

d)

Dude

10.

What did Charlie inherit from her dad?

a)

His smile

b)

His good sense of humor

c)

His fiery tember

d)

His journal

11.

What is Charlie's sister's name?

a)

Brooke

b)

Anna

c)

Donna

d)

Jackie

12.

Who did Jackie get sent to stay with?

a)

Her best friend

b)

Her Aunt

c)

Her Uncle

d)

Her Grandparnets

13.

Who was Charlie sent to live with?

a)

Ed and Jill (Her aunt and uncle)

b)

Berths and Gus ( her mom's sister)

c)

Grandma and Grandpa

14.

Who is Charlie's Backpack Buddy?

a)

Joe

b)

Howard

c)

April

d)

Alvina

15.

What nickname do kids call Howard?

a)

Howie

b)

Pogo

c)

How

d)

Chips

16.

How old is Charlie?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

17.

What did Bertha buy to make Charlie's room more girly?

a)

Pink Carpet

b)

A doll house

c)

Cinderella pillowcases

d)

Flowers

18.

What did Gus and Bertha do that she had never seen mama and Scrappy do?

a)

Go for a walk

b)

Go grocery shopping

c)

Eat dinner together

d)

Hold hands

19.

Where does Gus work?

a)

Mattress Factory

b)

The Post Office

c)

Doctors Office

d)

School

20.

Which word best describes Gus?

a)

Easily upset

b)

Easygoing

c)

Loud

d)

Angry

21.

Who did Charlie kick for laughing at her boots?

a)

Mrs. Willibey

b)

Howard Odom

c)

Audrey Mitchell

d)

Jackie

22.

What is the principal's name?

a)

Mrs. Willibey

b)

Mr. Jones

c)

Mrs. Miller

d)

Mr. Mason

23.

Why did Charlie get sent home the 1st day of kindergarten?

a)

For kicking someone

b)

For poking someone with a pencil

c)

For laughing at another student

d)

For crying

24.

What does did Howard suggest Charlie say to herself when she needs to simmer down?

a)

Rhudabaga

b)

Strawberries

c)

Pineapple

d)

Kiwi

25.

Why was she overwhelmed with love for the stray dog?

a)

She did not like when people mistreated animals.

b)

She felt bad because the dog was sick.

c)

She knew what it was like not having a home where someone wanted you

26.

What church did Bertha and Gus take Charlie to?

a)

Rocky Creek Baptist Church

b)

Bear Creek Church

c)

Saint Catherine

27.

How many kids do the Odoms have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

2

d)

3

28.

How can you make a wish on a truck?

a)

Turn around 3 times and shout your wish.

b)

Hold your breath and count to 5.

c)

When you see a truck full of hay and you count to 13.

29.

What would mama do when a teacher clalled home?

a)

Ground her for a week.

b)

Holler for about 5 minutes and then give up and say what's the use!

c)

Nothing, she didn't care.

30.

What does Charlie do most days at lunch?

a)

Buy her lunch then go sit out in the hall alone to eat.

b)

Pretend she has a stomachache and sit in the nurse's office drawing stars on her arms

c)

Sit with all of her friends.

d)

Eat outside so she can play longer.

31.

What's the rule for making a wish on a horse?

a)

Touch your toes, touch your nose, then make a wish.

b)

If it's standing make a wish, if it's sitting you can't.

c)

If it's white, make the wish, if it's black shake your fist 3 times and make the wish

32.

What does Charlie call Howard?

a)

Nosey up-down boy

b)

Howie

c)

Howard

d)

Buddy

33.

What does Charlie name the stray dog?

a)

Max

b)

Scooby

c)

Wishbone

d)

Rufus

34.

How do you make an acorn wish?

a)

Put the acorn under your pillow. After you sleep, wake up get the acorn, touch your toes and make a wish.

b)

Turn in 3 circles, while clutching the acorn right and making the wish. Then put the acorn in your windowsill for 3 days

35.

What did Howard make to help them look for Wishbone?

a)

A collar

b)

A leash

c)

A map

d)

Dog Treats

36.

How do you make a wish on a cardinal?

a)

Close your eyes and twirl 3 times

b)

Jump up and down 4 times

c)

lay on your back, close your eyes and count to 20.

d)

Close your eyes and spit 3 times

37.

His do you make a wish with an eyelash?

a)

Blow it and make a wish

b)

STep on the eyelash and make a wish.

38.

What are the names of the Odom boys?

a)

Burl, Lenny, Howard, Dwight, and Cotton

b)

Howard, Jim, and Bill

c)

Burl, Howard, Jim

d)

Dwight, Jim, Billy, and Cotton

39.

What did Gus start calling Charlie?

a)

Stringbean

b)

Tulip

c)

Butterbean

d)

Pineapple

40.

What color streaks did Jackie put in her hair?

a)

Purple

b)

Orange

c)

Pink

d)

Blue

41.

What was the plan to trap Wishbone?

a)

to dig a hole and cover it with branches so he falls in and is trapped.

b)

to make a cage and cover it in leaves and sticks and put scraps of food in it.

c)

to put out scraps of food to attract Wishbone.

42.

Why was Charlotte excited to hear a mockingbird?

a)

She always wanted to know what a mockingbird sounded like.

b)

It sounded very pretty

c)

Hearing a bird singing in the rain is in her list of things to wish on

43.

What does Wishbone really like to eat?

a)

Martha's meatloaf

b)

Charlie's Chili

c)

Paul's Potroast

d)

Lisa's Lasagna

44.

Why did Charlie get angry and yell at Howard?

a)

They got in a fight about school.

b)

He lost her homework and she was going to get in trouble.

c)

She was giving up on catching Wishbone and he told her not to be a quitter and not to be a baby

45.

How did Charlie get Wishbone to walk in a leash?

a)

SHe would throw a ball so he wanted to move to go get it.

b)

She kept a plastic bag of cheese and bacon to lure him along

46.

What did Gus get for Wishbone?

a)

A blue collar and leash

b)

A bone shaped dog tag engraved with Wishbone and a red leash

47.

What did Charlie wrote in her garden of blessings flower?

a)

I wish I had a best friend.

b)

I don't know where I belong.

c)

I am healthy and I have a dog named wishbone.

48.

How many birds have to be perched on a telephone wire to make a wish?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

49.

What did Jackie take Scrappy when she visited him?

a)

Shampoo

b)

Hershey Bars and toothpaste

c)

Lotion and toothpaste

d)

Brownies

50.

What did Howard do on the first day of summer?

a)

Go swimming

b)

Sleep

c)

A crossword puzzle

d)

Ride his bike

51.

When do you get to hook pinkies and make a wish?

a)

When 2 people same the same thing at the same time

b)

When you drive through a tunnel

52.

What did Charlie say to Howard at the creek that made her ashamed?

a)

"I miss my Dad."

b)

"I wish I didn't live here."

c)

"You are not my best friend."

d)

"You wished you didn't have that up-down walk."

53.

Why didn't Howard make a wish on the blackbird feather?

a)

Because he didn't believe in wishes.

b)

Because it was bad luck.

c)

Because he knew his wish was never going to come true.

54.

What did Charlie do the morning Jackie was coming to town?

a)

Pick flowers for her

b)

Bake a cake for her

c)

Practices tricks with Wishbone and made her room look like HER room

55.

How did Jackie react to seeing Charlie's room?

a)

She thinks it is ugly and doesn't look like Charlie's room at all.

b)

She thinks she's lucky to have her own room, her own dog, livIng with 2 people that care about her

c)

She thinks it looks like a babies bedroom and that Charlie should grow up.

56.

When did Bertha first meet Gus?

a)

At a football game

b)

When he fixed a tire on her daddy's truck

c)

A school dance

d)

At the grocery store.

57.

What did Howard do to make sure Charlie got to pull the wishbone with Cotton?

a)

He offered Dwight 5 Bible bucks

b)

He pretended to be sick so he couldn't do it.

58.

What note did Charlie wrote to herself and put under her pillow?

a)

I wish Scrappy were not in jail.

b)

I wish I had a dog.

c)

I wish I could go home.

d)

I love you very much. Mama

59.

How did Charlie feel about going back to Raleigh?

a)

She was excited to see her Mom.

b)

She did not want to leave Bertha and Gus, Wishbone, and Howard.

c)

She thought it would be great to live with Jackie again.

d)

She was excited Scrappy was coming home too.

60.

Why didn't Charlie go back to Raleigh?

a)

She decided to stay with Gus and Bertha.

b)

Howard begged her not to go.

c)

Her Mom decided to move to Chatanooga.