Last term and this term I have been reading the book wonder and when I finsihed it my teacher got us to do some comprehension questions about it here they are !
Wonder
Comprehension Questions – Chapter 10 – 40
Chapter 10: “The Performance Space”
1. Mr. Tushman told Auggie not to worry because Charlotte, Julian, and Jack Will were “nice kids, I promise.” After reading this chapter, do you agree with him? Explain. Yes and no cause there was Charlotte and Jack Will who were nice to him considering what he looks like. But there is Julian who acts nice around adults but says mean things to him when no adults are around.
Chapter 13: “First Day Jitters”
1. Auggie admits he sticks close to home where he knows everyone and they know him. Why do you think he does this? Explain. Because he looks different and he doesn’t like everyone whispering behind his back and people staring at him
Chapter 17: “Choose Kind”
1. At the end of this chapter, why do you think Auggie says “I suddenly realized that I was going to like school. No matter what.”? Explain. Because there were nice teachers and some nice people who made him like school and that it wouldn’t matter about the mean people cause he had them.
Chapter 20: “One to Ten”
1. After school Auggie feels “I honestly don’t know why I was kind of mad at mom, but I was.” Why do you think he was feeling this way? Because she made him go to school and his first day wasn’t that good.
2. What do you think Auggie’s mom’s reaction to the Beauty and the Beast comment was? Explain. She probably felt quite bad for him because he says that about himself.
Chapter 23: “Jack Will”
1. Why do you think it helps Auggie to have a friend like Jack? Why doesn’t the questions he asks hurt Auggie’s feelings? Explain. Because he was nice to Auggie at the start and Jack could laugh it off cause he wasn’t asking it to be mean.
Chapter 26: “Halloween”
1. Do you think Auggie’s facial abnormalities have helped him be a better friend to people like Summer? Explain. Yes because he accepts that people look at him weird so he is nice to everyone so they can see his personality.
Chapter 30: “The Bleeding Scream”
1. What did Auggie hear that upset him so much? That Jack actually wasn’t his friend.
2. Do you think Auggie was more upset by what he heard or by who said it? Explain. Who said it because he thought He was friends with Jack.
Chapter 32: “A Tour of the Galaxy”
1. What does Via mean by “August is the sun.”? Because the world revolves around him.
Chapter 35: “August through the Peephole”
1. Up to this point of the book we’ve never really been told exactly what Auggie looks like. How do you feel after reading Via’s description of Auggie’s face? I can see why people stare at him and whisper.
2. What do you think Auggie sees when he looks into the mirror? He sees what everyone else sees but he just looks at it in a different way.
3. Do you agree with Via that maybe the family shouldn’t have made Auggie feel so “normal”? Explain.Yes because when someone says something it will make him feel like why did they say that.
Chapter 38: “After School”
1. Via seems to be getting angry at people even before they have a chance to do wrong by her, avoiding driving home with Miranda, yelling at her mom after school, grabbing Auggie’s video game out of his hands, etc. Why do you think she’s acting out in this way to almost punish others before they can hurt her? Explain. Because she is growing up and the parents dedicate a lot of time to Auggie and right now missing her Gran she probably needs her Mum and Dads Help
Chapter 40: “Apparition at the Door”
1. Why do you think Auggie’s mom was standing outside the door like she was? Cause i think she was checking to see if Auggie was asleep and was safe. ( She probably did that every night)