Part II: Via

Why does Via say that August is the sun in their galaxy?

• He is so intelligent, he shines brightly

• His situation is so difficult that it's "hot" like the sun

• Their whole family revolves around him and his needs

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What was the secret Grans shared with Via?

• she had cancer and only had 2 months to live

• Auggie still wet the bed at times

• That Via was "her everything and her number one"

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What is Via's opinion on how Auggie's been raised so far?

• He's been too babied and he needs to grow up now.

• Auggie needs to keep being protected from the cold, cruel world.

• Auggie is not strong enough to face the world alone.

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What is the one thing Via doesn't want to be known as?

• A super brainy chick

• The sister of a kid with a birth defect

• An unpopular loser

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What was something very kind that Miranda did for Auggie when he was 5 or 6 years old?

• She wrote him a sweet poem

• She gave him an astronaut helmet

• She took him to an amusement part with her family

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Why didn't Via want to accept a ride home with Miranda after school?

• Miranda was always sweaty after gym class 8th period

• Via hated riding in Miranda's rickety old car

• Miranda had changed and now Via was uncomfortable around her

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Why does Via's dad bring up the fact that Via is reading the book War and Peace as an argument for Via being old enough to take the subway by herself?

• War and Peace is a difficult, adult-level novel.

• He's trying to tell her that kids will always fight.

• In the story War and Peace, there are many characters riding on subways.

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Why did Via stop going to lunch for a week?

• She found the school lunches disgusting and felt sick whenever she ate them

• She wanted to do really well in school, so she decided to read in the library to get ahead of everyone else

• She knew she no longer fit in with her old friends, and thought it would be easier to join a new table after a week of not being in lunch

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What surprises Via about Eleanor once she joins her table?

• Eleanor turns out to be not only smart, but funny, too

• Eleanor is actually two years younger than everyone else

• Eleanor has already been looking at colleges

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Why is Halloween a sad time for Via and her mom?

• Via wasn't able to go trick-or-treating for many years due to illness

• Via's mom thinks about all the kids who can't go trick-or-treating on Halloween

• Grans had died the night before Halloween

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