WONDER STUDY GUIDE

BY MIRYAM RINKERMAN

PART FOUR: JACK

The Call (pages 134-135)

  1. Who called Jack’s mom during summer vacation?
  2. What did he want Jack to do?
  3. How did Jack react? Why?

Carvel (pages 136-138)

  1. What happened at Carvel when Jack was a little kid?
  2. Why did Veronica feel guilty?
  3. Where did Jack use to see August after that?

Why I Changed My Mind? (pages 139-141)

  1. Who else had Mr. Tushman called according to Jack’s mom?
  2. How did Jack and Jamie describe August to their mom?
  3. Why did Jack change his mind?

Four Things (pages 142-143)

  1. Now that Jack knows August, what is his description of him?
  2. How had August protected Jack?

Ex-Friends (pages 144-145)

  1. What did Summer say to Jack when he asked her why August was acting weird?
  2. What did she mean by that?
  3. What did Jack get to do since August stopped being his friend?
  4. How does Jack feel about the whole situation?

Snow (pages 146-147)

  1. Why did Jack like snow days?
  2. What did Jack’s father, Jamie and Jack do on the snow day?
  3. What did Jack find by the Old Indian Rock Monument?
  4. What did he do with it?

Fortune Favors the Bold (page 148)

  1. What was Mr. Browne’s December precept?
  2. What were the students supposed to do?
  3. What did Jack think was the bravest thing he had done in his life?
  4. What did Jack en up writing about?

Private School (pages 149-150)

  1. What is Jack’s family economic situation?
  2. What did Julian hate doing during the winter break?
  3. What did Miles get as a gift from his dad?
  4. What’s Skeleton Hill and what Skeleton Hill?
  5. What did Miles do with his old sled?
  6. What happened to Miles’ sled?
  7. What’s a hobo?

In Science (pages 151-152)

  1. Does Jack like school?
  2. What are his favorite subjects?
  3. Which class does Jack hate the most?
  4. What did August use to do for Jack when they were still friends?
  5. What did Jack finally realize while he was in science class?
  6. How does Jack feel about what he had done?

Partners (pages 153-154)

  1. What partner did Ms. Rubin assign to Jack for the Science-Fair project?
  2. What did Julian want Jack to do?
  3. What did Julian do?
  4. What did Julian say to Jack that made Jack so mad?
  5. How did Jack react?

Detention (pages 155-157)

  1. What did Mr. Tushman say to Jack bout what he had done?
  2. Why didn’t Jack want to tell Mr. Tushman the reason he had punched Julian?
  3. What did Mr. Tushman tell Jack to do during the Christmas break?

Season’s Greetings (pages 158-159)

  1. Whose holiday cards did Jack’s family get?
  2. Why did Jack’s mom tell Jack that they “were lucky”?
  3. What did Jack tell his mom that Julian’s mom had done?
  4. What did Jack end up telling his mom?

Letters, E-mails, Facebook, Texts (pages 160-165)

  1. According to Julian’s mom, why had Jack attacked Julian?
  2. What was Julian’s mom opinion about August attending Beecher’s Prep?
  3. What did Jack want August to do?
  4. What did August want Jack to tell him?
  5. At the end and after all the texts, what happened between August and Jack?

Back from winter break (pages 168-169)

  1. What does the term “clean slate” mean?
  2. What did the other students do to Jack when he returned to school?
  3. How did Jack feel about it?

The War (pages 170-173)

  1. What did Jack find inside his locker at the end of the day?
  2. What did the it say?
  3. What did Charlotte tell Julian?
  4. What two things about Jack had Julian told the kids at his Christmas party?
  5. According to Julian’s mom, Why did Jack punch Julian?
  6. Jack says “No one bought that.” What does it mean?
  7. What did Julian’s mom want the school to do?
  8. What is an “inclusion” school?
  9. What had Beecher Prep done to accommodate August?
  10. What did Julian want Jack to do?

Switching Tables (page 174)

  1. What happened when Jack went to the cafeteria?
  2. Who did Jack en up sitting with?

Why I didn’t sit with August the First Day of School (pages 175-176)

  1. What does “hypocrite” mean?
  2. Why does Jack call himself a hypocrite?
  3. What did Jack tell Summer and August about his conversation with Charlotte?
  4. Why did August tell Jack: “Welcome to my world!”?

Sides (pages 177-179)

  1. What did Charlotte make?
  2. How many kids were in Jack’s side versus in Julian’s side?
  3. How many kids were “neutral”?
  4. What new information did Summer give to Jack?

August’s House (pages 180-183)

  1. What idea for the science-fair project did Jack have? What about August?
  2. While Jack is in August’s room, who comes?

The Boyfriend (pages 184-185)

  1. Who does Via introduce to Jack and August?
  2. What is Zydeco? What is Creole?
  3. What does August suggest Justin to do with the fiddle’s case?
  4. Where is Justin from?
  5. Why do Jack and August laugh when Justin tells them that he is from Brooklyn?