Wonder: Part Two – Via

What does Via mean when she says that August is the Sun?

• August is the center of their family, like the Sun is the center of the solar system.

• August is very bright and cheerful, like the Sun.

• August has a sunny personality.

• August is hot-tempered.

"August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun."

The sentences above use which figure of speech?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

This chapter describes what August looks like. Which of the following are details about August’s appearance?

• August has blue eyes.

• August has a scars on his face.

• August wears his hair in a bun.

• August has blond hair.

Which quote from this chapter best supports why Via thinks August needs to grow up?

• He’s ten years old.

• We change plans, go to plan B, interrupt conversations, go back on promises depending on his moods, his whims, his needs.

• When his cheeks trembled, he was about to cry.

• But I’m having trouble keeping up.

“I’m always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect: that’s not the issue. I just don’t want to be defined that way.”

What do you think Via means by this?

• Via is expressing confusion.

• Via is making a joke.

• Via is asking a question.

• Via wants to have her own identity and be her own person. She doesn’t always want to be known as August’s sister

What does Via say is the best thing about high school?

• No one knows her.

• There are a lot of clubs.

• Her two best friends go to the same high school.

• The principal is nice.

Why does Miranda call August “Major Tom”?.

• e it was from a song that they would sing together.

• Because he looks like an astronaut.

• Because he is brave and adventurous.

• Because he is often lost in his thoughts.

Via was shocked on the first day of school because:

• she forgot her homework

• because her friend Miranda looked completely different

• she got lost

• she saw her brother

Why does Via avoid riding home with Miranda?

• Miranda called Via a name.

• Via felt uncomfortable.

• Miranda said she couldn’t ride home with her.

• Miranda wasn’t at school.

How does August react when Via tries to talk to him about school?

• He is excited and eager to share.

• He is angry and then makes a sarcastic comment

• He listens attentively and asks questions.