Wonder

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Part 1

Reading Check

1. Where did Auggie go to school up until the book starts?

2. Who sits with Auggie on his first day of school?

3. What does Auggie do when he gets home from school that upsets Via?

Multiple Choice

1. Which is Mr. Browne’s first precept?

A) “Be remembered for what you do, not what you say.”

B) “A little bit of effort goes a long way.”

C) “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”

D) “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

2. Julian asks Auggie if he likes which character from Star Wars?

A) Boba Fett

B) Jango Fett

C) Darth Maul

D) Darth Sidious

3. Auggie’s Mom says, “Okay, so is he the kind of kid who acts one way in front of grown-ups and another way in front of kids?” (Chapter 12: “Home”) about which student?

A) Miles

B) Julian

C) Jack

D) Henry

4. Which actions at school illustrate the theme of bullying?

A) Charlotte doesn’t sit with Summer and Auggie at their table.

B) Jack Will and Auggie laugh about suing Auggie’s plastic surgeon.

C) Ximena Chin has a panic attack about dancing with Auggie.

D) The kids have a game where they won’t touch Auggie.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Halloween Auggie’s favorite holiday?

2. What does the precept “Your deeds are your monuments” mean?

Parts 2-3

Reading Check

1. Which family member doesn’t treat Auggie differently from anyone else?

2. Who bought Auggie his astronaut helmet?

3. Why is Halloween a hard time of year for Via?

Multiple Choice

1. What is different in Via’s life?

A) Miranda is being distant as a friend.

B) She and Miranda didn’t get into the same school.

C) Her mother has been paying more attention to her.

D) She is now one of the popular girls at high school.

2. Why does Summer sit with Auggie on the first day of school?

A) Charlotte dares her to.

B) He is sitting at her favorite table.

C) She has promised Mr. Tushman to be nice to Auggie.

D) She feels sorry for Auggie.

3. What is different about the way that Auggie talks to Via after his first day of school?

A) He asks her about her day.

B) He says that science is his least favorite class.

C) He is sarcastic for the first time.

D) He tells her to leave him alone.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Auggie’s condition impact Via’s life?

2. Which of Summer’s actions show that her kindness isn’t fake?

Part 4

Reading Check

1. Why does Jack agree to welcome Auggie on his tour of the school?

2. What does Jack find at the park during Thanksgiving break?

3. Who is Jack Will paired up with for his science project?

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following quotes best fits the theme of kindness?

A) “Jack, sometimes you don’t have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. You understand?” (Chapter 55: “Carvel”)

B) “Like, if all the guys in the fifth grade were lined up against a wall and I got to choose anyone I wanted to hang out with, I would choose August” (Chapter 57: “Four Things”).

C) “I just wanted to get away from them fast. I didn’t want anyone to know that I was the ‘hobo’ who had taken the sled” (Chapter 61: “Private School”).

D) “Some things you just can’t explain. You don’t even try. You don’t know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth” (Chapter 64: “Detention”).

2. What does Jack Will think is the bravest thing he has ever done?

A) be friends with Auggie

B) sled down Skeleton Hill

C) enroll in the advanced science class

D) welcome Auggie to school

3. Why does Jack punch Julian in the face?

A) He remembers what Julian said about Auggie on Halloween.

B) Julian cheats and gets Jack in trouble for it.

C) Julian calls Auggie a freak. 

D) Julian calls Jack a “hobo” for taking a used sled at the park.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Julian’s mother try to have Auggie removed from Beecher prep?

2. How do Jack’s actions show the theme of growing up?

Part 5

Reading Check

1. What career does Via want to go into?

2. What happens when Justin gets nervous?

3. What kind of parent does Justin think he will be one day?

4. What does Justin tell the three boys who he and Jack run into by the subway?

Multiple Choice

1. What play do Justin and Via participate in at school?

A) Sense and Sensibility

B) Our Town

C) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

D) Beauty and the Beast

2. Why is Justin frustrated with Via?

A) She memorizes her lines faster than he does.

B) She doesn’t want to spend time with Auggie anymore.

C) She didn’t tell him about Auggie’s appearance.

D) She didn’t tell him that she and Miranda were friends.

3. What animal does Via remind Justin of?

A) a little bird

B) a field mouse

C) a golden retriever

D) a goldfish

Short Answer

1. How are the Pullmans different from Justin’s family?

2. Justin realizes the universe “takes care of its most fragile creations” (Chapter 81: “The Universe”). How does he think that Auggie is taken care of?

Part 6-7

Reading Check

1. Who is Belulah?

2. Someone special dies in Part 6—who?

3. Why do Via and her Mom get into a fight?

Multiple Choice

1. What does Auggie mean when he says, “So that’s a minimum of one hundred and twenty pairs of eyes that find their way over to me. Eyes that aren’t as used to me as their kids are by now. It’s like how compass needles always point north, no matter which way you’re facing. All those eyes are compasses, and I’m like the North Pole to them” (Chapter 82: “North Pole”).

A) There is a lot of unwanted attention at school events.

B) The families don’t understand his science project.

C) Kids are nicer than adults.

D) Auggie and Jack are embarrassed of their project.

2. What theme does the following quote best represent? “The first day I showed up at school with the hearing aids, I thought kids would make a big deal about it. But no one did. Summer was glad I could hear better, and Jack said it made me look like an FBI agent or something” (Chapter 85: “Hearing Brightly”).

A) Wonder

B) Bullying

D) Kindness

D) Growing Up

3. What surprises the Pullmans at Via’s play?

A) Justin throws up on stage.

B) Via lied about being in the play.

C) Miranda and Via fight in front of everyone after the curtain drops.

D) Via plays the lead role that night.

4. Why is Miranda sad on the night of the play?

A) Her friends and family don’t come to watch her.

B) The Pullmans ignore her since she’s not been friendly to Via.

D) She isn’t performing the role that she wanted to.

D) She likes Justin, but he is with Via.

Short Answer

1. Why has Miranda been ignoring Via since the summer?

2. What does Auggie wonder about heaven?

Part 8

Reading Check

1. What surprise do Via and Dad bring home after the retreat?

2. Who helps defend Auggie from the seventh grade bullies?

3. What value does Mr. Tushman talk about at fifth grade graduation?

Multiple Choice

1. Where do the fifth graders go for their class trip?

A) upstate New York

B) the Atlantic Ocean

C) a bird sanctuary in New Jersey

D) a nature preserve in Pennsylvania

2. What theme does the following quote best represent? “There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie,” she said, looking at me. “But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.” (Chapter 112: “Home”)

A) Wonder

B) Bullying

C) Kindness

D) Growing Up

3.  What happened to Auggie’s astronaut helmet?

A) The bullies took it with them.

B) His father threw it away.

C) Via hid it because it made her think of Miranda.

D) It was lost at a park.

4. What does Auggie’s mother tell him when they walk home?

A) “Always be a little kinder than necessary.”

B) “You are wise beyond your years.”

C) “You really are a wonder, Auggie.”

D) “Being your mother is the greatest adventure, Auggie.”

Short Answer

1. What is different at school when they return from the trip?

2. What does the Henry Ward Beecher award represent?