The Wonder of Auggie Trivia Quiz

Answer: Darth Daisy

Auggie's dad bought her from a man on the street years ago. Auggie wanted to name her Darth Maul, while Via favored the name Daisy. Darth Daisy was the compromise. She dies during the book: she gets old, is in a lot of pain, and is put down. Auggie gets another dog (named Bear) at the end of the book, and he gets to stay home from school for a day to play with him.

Answer: Mr. Tushman

Mr. Tushman makes Auggie feel at ease about starting school. Auggie thinks his name is funny, and Mr. Tushman tells him that he's sure that the students have nicknames for him that he never hears. That's when Auggie tells him that one of his parents once had a teacher named Miss Butt, and Mr. Tushman replies that her name is worse than his. On a somewhat related note, my mother once had a teacher named Mrs. Yuck.

Answer: Bleeding Scream

His mom painted a Jango Fett costume to look like Boba Fett. On Halloween morning, Auggie doesn't have time to get into the costume, so he throws on his old Bleeding Scream costume instead. At school, he overhears Jack saying he'd kill himself if he looked like Auggie, which makes Auggie feel ill, so he goes home. He won't talk to Jack for weeks after this.

Answer: Ancient Egypt

Each student has to make an Egyptian artifact. While the two make separate ones, Auggie and Summer work on them at the same time. When the students take their parents on tour through the exhibits, the lights are turned off, the only light coming from flashlights.

The students get to dress in costume, so Auggie and Summer dress as mummies so that Auggie can have his face covered and feel like a normal kid.

Answer: He punches Julian in the mouth.

Even though Auggie and Jack are not on speaking terms, Jack feels like he has to defend Auggie. Jack is suspended for hitting Julian, but there is a positive side to the incident. Auggie and Jack talk on the computer soon after. Jack says he didn't really mean what he said on Halloween (he only said it because he was talking to those boys) and the two make up.

Answer: Potato-powered light bulb

The boys think that they should do something other than a volcano because so many students make volcanoes. The project gets both boys an A grade, which makes Jack happy, as he's not very good at science.

Answer: Our Town

They were going to do "The Elephant Man", but Miranda felt uncomfortable because the play is about a man with extreme facial deformities, like Auggie. She told the school she'd feel bad about doing it, so they switched plays. Miranda fakes illness on opening night because nobody she knows is there, and because her understudy is Via, whose family is there.

Answer: Several seventh graders pick on him.

Jack and Auggie go into the woods during the outdoor movie. Seventh graders see Auggie and call him "orc", and in the resulting fight Auggie loses his hearing aids. Amos, Henry, and Miles come to his aid, and Auggie becomes popular. No one screams at his face or insults him. When Julian returns after his suspension, the other students shun him.

Answer: His dad threw it away.

Auggie and his mom thought Auggie simply lost it. It turns out that his father threw it out because Auggie wore it so much that his dad never got to see Auggie's face, which he liked seeing. Auggie finds this out at the end of the book.

Answer: A standing ovation

When he sees Via get a standing ovation for her role in "Our Town", Auggie thinks that everyone should have one in their lives. When he is chosen as the recipient of the Beecher Medal, everyone gets to their feet and applauds, and he loves the feeling.

He mails the precept "Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world" to Mr. Browne over the summer.