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WorksheetsWish By Barbara O'Conner
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What is the main character's full name?
Charlene
Charlie Reese
Charlemagne Reese
What does Charlemagne like to be called?
Charlie
Maggie
Charles
Magenta
What is Charlie's best friend's name?
Amy
Susan
Bob
Alvina
Who is Charlie's new teacher?
Mrs. Hennessey
Mrs. Willibey
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Carroll
Where did Charlie move to?
Colby, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Wilmington, Delaware
Fredricks, Virginia
What did Alvina tell Charlie about Colby?
Everyone loves living in Colby
Colby has lots to do and cool people to meet.
There's just red dirt roads and hillbilly kids in Colby
Colby is boring and no fun.
How does Charlie describe her family?
Loving
Fun
Bad
What does Charlie often get in trouble for?
Fighting
Not following directions
Littering
Skipping School
What do people call Charlie's dad?
Scooby
Scrappy
Daddy-O
Dude
What did Charlie inherit from her dad?
His smile
His good sense of humor
His fiery tember
His journal
What is Charlie's sister's name?
Brooke
Anna
Donna
Jackie
Who did Jackie get sent to stay with?
Her best friend
Her Aunt
Her Uncle
Her Grandparnets
Who was Charlie sent to live with?
Ed and Jill (Her aunt and uncle)
Berths and Gus ( her mom's sister)
Grandma and Grandpa
Who is Charlie's Backpack Buddy?
Joe
Howard
April
Alvina
What nickname do kids call Howard?
Howie
Pogo
How
Chips
How old is Charlie?
10
11
12
13
What did Bertha buy to make Charlie's room more girly?
Pink Carpet
A doll house
Cinderella pillowcases
Flowers
What did Gus and Bertha do that she had never seen mama and Scrappy do?
Go for a walk
Go grocery shopping
Eat dinner together
Hold hands
Where does Gus work?
Mattress Factory
The Post Office
Doctors Office
School
Which word best describes Gus?
Easily upset
Easygoing
Loud
Angry
Who did Charlie kick for laughing at her boots?
Mrs. Willibey
Howard Odom
Audrey Mitchell
Jackie
What is the principal's name?
Mrs. Willibey
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Mason
Why did Charlie get sent home the 1st day of kindergarten?
For kicking someone
For poking someone with a pencil
For laughing at another student
For crying
What does did Howard suggest Charlie say to herself when she needs to simmer down?
Rhudabaga
Strawberries
Pineapple
Kiwi
Why was she overwhelmed with love for the stray dog?
She did not like when people mistreated animals.
She felt bad because the dog was sick.
She knew what it was like not having a home where someone wanted you
What church did Bertha and Gus take Charlie to?
Rocky Creek Baptist Church
Bear Creek Church
Saint Catherine
How many kids do the Odoms have?
4
5
2
3
How can you make a wish on a truck?
Turn around 3 times and shout your wish.
Hold your breath and count to 5.
When you see a truck full of hay and you count to 13.
What would mama do when a teacher clalled home?
Ground her for a week.
Holler for about 5 minutes and then give up and say what's the use!
Nothing, she didn't care.
What does Charlie do most days at lunch?
Buy her lunch then go sit out in the hall alone to eat.
Pretend she has a stomachache and sit in the nurse's office drawing stars on her arms
Sit with all of her friends.
Eat outside so she can play longer.
What's the rule for making a wish on a horse?
Touch your toes, touch your nose, then make a wish.
If it's standing make a wish, if it's sitting you can't.
If it's white, make the wish, if it's black shake your fist 3 times and make the wish
What does Charlie call Howard?
Nosey up-down boy
Howie
Howard
Buddy
What does Charlie name the stray dog?
Max
Scooby
Wishbone
Rufus
How do you make an acorn wish?
Put the acorn under your pillow. After you sleep, wake up get the acorn, touch your toes and make a wish.
Turn in 3 circles, while clutching the acorn right and making the wish. Then put the acorn in your windowsill for 3 days
What did Howard make to help them look for Wishbone?
A collar
A leash
A map
Dog Treats
How do you make a wish on a cardinal?
Close your eyes and twirl 3 times
Jump up and down 4 times
lay on your back, close your eyes and count to 20.
Close your eyes and spit 3 times
His do you make a wish with an eyelash?
Blow it and make a wish
STep on the eyelash and make a wish.
What are the names of the Odom boys?
Burl, Lenny, Howard, Dwight, and Cotton
Howard, Jim, and Bill
Burl, Howard, Jim
Dwight, Jim, Billy, and Cotton
What did Gus start calling Charlie?
Stringbean
Tulip
Butterbean
Pineapple
What color streaks did Jackie put in her hair?
Purple
Orange
Pink
Blue
What was the plan to trap Wishbone?
to dig a hole and cover it with branches so he falls in and is trapped.
to make a cage and cover it in leaves and sticks and put scraps of food in it.
to put out scraps of food to attract Wishbone.
Why was Charlotte excited to hear a mockingbird?
She always wanted to know what a mockingbird sounded like.
It sounded very pretty
Hearing a bird singing in the rain is in her list of things to wish on
What does Wishbone really like to eat?
Martha's meatloaf
Charlie's Chili
Paul's Potroast
Lisa's Lasagna
Why did Charlie get angry and yell at Howard?
They got in a fight about school.
He lost her homework and she was going to get in trouble.
She was giving up on catching Wishbone and he told her not to be a quitter and not to be a baby
How did Charlie get Wishbone to walk in a leash?
SHe would throw a ball so he wanted to move to go get it.
She kept a plastic bag of cheese and bacon to lure him along
What did Gus get for Wishbone?
A blue collar and leash
A bone shaped dog tag engraved with Wishbone and a red leash
What did Charlie wrote in her garden of blessings flower?
I wish I had a best friend.
I don't know where I belong.
I am healthy and I have a dog named wishbone.
How many birds have to be perched on a telephone wire to make a wish?
4
3
2
1
What did Jackie take Scrappy when she visited him?
Shampoo
Hershey Bars and toothpaste
Lotion and toothpaste
Brownies
What did Howard do on the first day of summer?
Go swimming
Sleep
A crossword puzzle
Ride his bike
When do you get to hook pinkies and make a wish?
When 2 people same the same thing at the same time
When you drive through a tunnel
What did Charlie say to Howard at the creek that made her ashamed?
"I miss my Dad."
"I wish I didn't live here."
"You are not my best friend."
"You wished you didn't have that up-down walk."
Why didn't Howard make a wish on the blackbird feather?
Because he didn't believe in wishes.
Because it was bad luck.
Because he knew his wish was never going to come true.
What did Charlie do the morning Jackie was coming to town?
Pick flowers for her
Bake a cake for her
Practices tricks with Wishbone and made her room look like HER room
How did Jackie react to seeing Charlie's room?
She thinks it is ugly and doesn't look like Charlie's room at all.
She thinks she's lucky to have her own room, her own dog, livIng with 2 people that care about her
She thinks it looks like a babies bedroom and that Charlie should grow up.
When did Bertha first meet Gus?
At a football game
When he fixed a tire on her daddy's truck
A school dance
At the grocery store.
What did Howard do to make sure Charlie got to pull the wishbone with Cotton?
He offered Dwight 5 Bible bucks
He pretended to be sick so he couldn't do it.
What note did Charlie wrote to herself and put under her pillow?
I wish Scrappy were not in jail.
I wish I had a dog.
I wish I could go home.
I love you very much. Mama
How did Charlie feel about going back to Raleigh?
She was excited to see her Mom.
She did not want to leave Bertha and Gus, Wishbone, and Howard.
She thought it would be great to live with Jackie again.
She was excited Scrappy was coming home too.
Why didn't Charlie go back to Raleigh?
She decided to stay with Gus and Bertha.
Howard begged her not to go.
Her Mom decided to move to Chatanooga.
