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Wonder - Part 1

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  • Why doesn't Auggie go to school?
    Auggie's appearance could scare the other kids.
    Auggie has had many operations.
    Auggie's parents prefer to homeschool him.
    Auggie did not want to go to school.
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  • Which did NOT happen during Auggie's birth?
    The nurses were mean to his mum.
    A nurse kept farting.
    Auggie was rushed out of the room as soon as he was born.
    The doctor passed out.
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  • Why don't Auggie and Christopher hang out as much as they used to?
    Christopher preferred to play with Zachary and Alex.
    Christopher moved away.
    Christopher's parents didn't like them hanging out together.
    They got into a fight.
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  • What is the setting of the novel, "Wonder"?
    Las Vegas
    Manhattan
    Vermont
    California
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  • Why does Julian ask if Auggie likes the Star Wars character, Darth Sidious?
    Darth Sidious is a character who is physically deformed.
    Julian is interested in Auggie.
    Darth Sidious had a padawan like Auggie.
    Julian also likes Star Wars.
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  • Which best describes Auggie's experience at the lunch table on his first day of school?
    He ate by himself until Summer came and joined him.
    He ate by himself until Jack Will joined him.
    He ate by himself while a group of girls made fun of him.
    He ate by himself and Julian and his friends bothered him.
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  • What did Auggie's mom mean when she was talking about Julian and his mother and said, "the apple doesn't fall from the tree"?
    That Julian and his mother sometimes pick apples from trees.
    She meant Julian and his mother look just alike.
    That Julian and his mother are alike in the way they act.
    She meant Julian and his mother aren't alike at all.
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  • What did Auggie's mother first notice when he was born?
    His eyes
    His cleft palate
    His smile
    His deformities
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  • Who is the narrator of Part 1?
    Auggie
    Auggie's mom
    Mr. Tushman
    R.J. Palacio
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  • Before starting fifth grade, Auggie writes, "Since I've never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified." What does the word petrified mean here?
    excited
    unsure
    terrified
    angry
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  • What is the most likely reason Auggie's mom takes him to Beecher Prep two weeks before school starts?
    She wanted to see what Mr. Tushman looked like.
    She wanted to go ahead and sign him up for his classes.
    She wanted to see how different it was from Via's school.
    To help Auggie feel more comfortable about school.
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  • When Auggie leaves Mr.Tushman's office with the three students, his mom says, "See you soon." But Auggie notices her voice sounded a little bit higher than normal. Why would his mom's voice have been a bit higher?
    She was relieved to be away from August for 30 minutes.
    She was extremely pleased with how nice Mr. Tushman was.
    She is really nervous about Auggie leaving.
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  • When Auggie enters Beecher Prep on the first day of school, he begins to notice kids staring at him. Auggie then does what he normally does when this happens which is_________.
    Tell a teacher others are staring at him.
    Stare right back.
    Pretend not to notice.
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  • Why does Auggie say he eats like a tortoise?
    Auggie has never tried to eat neatly.
    He's forced to chew with his front teeth.
    Auggie really likes tortoises.
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  • When Auggie describes why his first month of school was difficult, he said, "Every new class I had was like a new chance for kids to 'not stare' at me. Why does he use quotation marks around the words, 'not stare'?
    He wasn't expecting them to stare at him as much as they did
    Although the other kids pretended not to stare, they did.
    He expected kids to stare, but most of them didn't.
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  • After telling Auggie about her plans to dress up as a unicorn, Summer tells Auggie she feels like she can tell him anything. Which quote from Auggie most likely causes Summer to feel this way?
    "Then you should do it. Who cares what other people think.."
    "So, what dorky thing do you want to dress up as?
    "But you're right; that is too dorky."
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