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What is August's feeling about school events?
He hates them because adults stare at him.
Why does Auggie have to start wearing hearing aids?
Because his hearing is getting worse.
Explain where the Lobot reference comes from.
Lobot is a character in The Empire Strikes Back who wears a bionic radio-transmitter.
Why does Via end up playing Miranda's part in the school play?
Via was Miranda's understudy and Miranda was sick.
What is the "war" that Auggie is talking about?
Julian started leaving abusive notes in August's and Jack's lockers. Then, August and Jack started leaving notes in Julian's locker but they weren't abusive, just rather ridiculous.
What does he compare his ears to?
He compares them to two squashed pieces of pizza dough sticking out of the top of his neck.
Why doesn't Auggie go into his dad's room to comfort him after Daisy's death?
He realizes his dad may want some privacy.
Who finds Auggie when he gets lost in the crowd after Via's and Justin's performance?
Miranda
Why did Julian, Miles and Henry choose Jack as a target for bullying rather than August?
Because they knew that it would be easier to get caught bullying August than Jack, who was an "easier target".
What finally convinces August to wear the Lobot hearing aid?
He hears so much better. He says "his ears were hearing brightly now."
How do we know that Via is no longer worried about what people think about Auggie and his deformity?
She brings home three tickets for the school play, which shows that she's ready to assume the reactions to August's deformity.
After the performance, why does Justin pull Mr. Davenport away suddenly after he was introduced to Auggie for the first time?
He could tell Mr. Davenport was shocked by Auggie's appearance and didn't want him to say something that might hurt Auggie or look at him in a funny way.
How does August know that people aren't really against him anymore?
The other students started laughing at Julian when he spread a rumour that Jack had hired a "hit man" to get him, Henry and Miles: they thought it was a pathetic lie.
Also, the students stopped playing "The Plague." Finally, the other kids start joking with August.
Why doesn't Via want her parents to come to her school play?
If her parents come, then August will most probably come, and Via is a little embarrassed of August.
Why doesn't Auggie want his dad to call him "Auggie Doggie" anymore?
Auggie is growing up and maturing.
At the end of the school play, what did the audience do when Justin and Via came out to take their bow?
Gave them a standing ovation.
Why doesn't Auggie's mom come to console him after the fight between Auggie, his mom, and Via?
Because Daisy the dog is very ill and Auggie's mom has to talk her to the veterinary hospital.
How did Mom and Via know that Daisy was really hurting?
Daisy bit mom, showing that she was in pain.
What is an "understudy"?
It's someone who replaces an actor or actress in case he or she can't peform for some reason.
Before the beginning of the play, why did Via and Auggie's dad ask if their mom wanted to move closer to the stage?
Because she had forgotten her glasses.