Wonder (R.J. Palacio) Trivia
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99 free Wonder (R.J. Palacio) trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Wonder follows Auggie Pullman, a ten-year-old with a facial difference, through his first year in a mainstream school, and it tells that year from several points of view, so readers end up knowing the bullies and the bystanders as well as the boy in the helmet. That structure, plus a teacher who hands out a precept at a time, is why the book became a classroom staple and a movement. These 99 questions cover the novel and the 2017 film together: the Halloween that goes wrong, the school play, the family dog, the graduation medal, the actors who played Auggie's family and teachers, the box office and awards, and the companion books that spun out of the original, including the graphic novel about Julian's grandmother. It suits anyone who has read the book in class, parents who watched the film with their kids, and teachers looking for a quick end-of-unit check. Mixed difficulty: most questions are for anyone who knows the story, with a handful for completists.
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Q 01Which genetic condition, named for an English eye surgeon who described it in 1900, does Auggie Pullman have in Wonder?
Treacher Collins
Treacher Collins syndrome affects the ears, eyes, cheekbones and chin, and most cases come from a new mutation rather than a parent. Edward Treacher Collins was an ophthalmologist.
Q 02In Wonder, Auggie's graduation medal at Beecher Prep is named for Henry Ward Beecher, whose sister wrote which famous American novel?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin made Harriet Beecher Stowe world-famous, while her brother Henry raised money to buy enslaved people their freedom and shipped rifles nicknamed 'Beecher's Bibles' to Kansas.
Q 03Which Best Actress Oscar winner plays Auggie's mother, the parent who homeschooled him, in the 2017 film Wonder?
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts's character gets the title line: after Auggie thanks her at graduation for sending him to school, she tells him he is a 'wonder'.
Q 04Which Frat Pack comedy star plays Auggie's father in the 2017 film Wonder?
Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson joined the cast in June 2016, playing a dad who quietly stows away the headgear his son hides behind.
Q 05Which Canadian child actor plays Auggie in the 2017 film Wonder?
Jacob Tremblay
Jacob Tremblay, the boy from Room, does not lead the 2024 spin-off, which follows Auggie's bully Julian instead.
Q 06Which audience-polling firm gave the 2017 film Wonder its rare top grade of A+?
CinemaScore
CinemaScore polls opening-night audiences, and the A+ showed a week later, when Wonder's second weekend slipped just 17.7 percent.
Q 07What is the name of the Pullman family dog in Wonder, whose dying pulls Auggie out of a sulk to say goodbye?
Daisy
Daisy is taken to the vet to be put down just after Auggie overhears Via saying she does not want him at her school play.
Q 08What does Auggie wear in public to hide his face, which his father admits stashing in his office in the film Wonder?
Astronaut helmet
Astronaut helmet is what Auggie's dad offers to find again before graduation if he needs it back, and Auggie tells him he can do without it.
Q 09Auggie's older sister in Wonder, starting high school as he starts middle school, goes by Via — short for what?
Olivia
Olivia resents the attention Auggie gets from their parents, yet enjoys a fresh start at a school where nobody knows her brother.
Q 10Which singer's 1995 song about a child born with a congenital disease gave R. J. Palacio's novel Wonder its title?
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant's single reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Palacio has said it helped inspire the book alongside her son's reaction to a girl with a facial difference.
Q 11On which February holiday in 2012 did Knopf first publish R. J. Palacio's debut novel Wonder?
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day 2012 launched a book that sold almost five million copies in the United States in 2017 alone, when its film adaptation arrived.
Q 12Which Star Wars bounty hunter does Jack expect Auggie to dress as on Halloween in Wonder, so fails to recognize him?
Boba Fett
Boba Fett was the plan, but Auggie switched outfits, and an unrecognized Auggie overheard Jack joining Julian's mockery of him.
Q 13Wonder opened in second place at the US box office in November 2017, behind which superhero film?
Justice League
Q 21Which mini-major studio released the film Wonder in November 2017, after pushing it back from an April date?
Lionsgate
Lionsgate had announced the adaptation of Palacio's debut novel in November 2012, just nine months after the book came out.
Q 22Besides New York, the 2017 film Wonder shot in which Canadian province, the birthplace of its young lead?
British Columbia
British Columbia stands in for the story's New York: scenes at Auggie's school were filmed at Vancouver College, a real private school.
Q 23In the film Wonder, Auggie trick-or-treats as which masked slasher after the family dog ruins his planned costume?
Ghostface
Justice League won the weekend, but Wonder had been projected at only $9M before strong previews and group ticket sales tripled expectations.
Q 14Which Tony-winning member of Hamilton's original cast plays English teacher Mr. Browne in the film Wonder?
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs was cast weeks after winning his Tony for playing both Lafayette and Jefferson, and his Mr. Browne is the teacher who sets the class precepts to live by.
Q 15Which actor, famous as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, plays Auggie's school principal in the film Wonder?
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin plays Mr. Tushman, the principal who confronts the bully's parents; he also won a Tony as Che in the first Broadway Evita.
Q 16Which novelist, who had already filmed his own coming-of-age bestseller, directed the 2017 film of Wonder?
Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky, who filmed his own novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, took over Wonder after John Krokidas and then Paul King had each been attached.
Q 17Mr. Browne's first precept in Wonder, about choosing kind over being right, quotes which self-help author?
Wayne Dyer
Wayne Dyer's line gave the book its motto, and its publisher built the Choose Kind movement around it.
Q 18How often does Mr. Browne give his class a new precept to copy into their notebooks in Wonder?
Monthly
Monthly precepts run through the school year, and Palacio later expanded the idea into a companion book with one for every day.
Q 19Roughly how much did the 2017 film Wonder gross worldwide against a $20M production budget?
$315 million
$315 million rewarded a gamble: the modest family drama opened against a superhero blockbuster and took three times its forecast in the first weekend.
Q 20The 2017 film Wonder's only Academy Award nomination, at the 90th ceremony, came in which category?
Makeup and Hairstyling
Makeup and Hairstyling recognized Arjen Tuiten's prosthetic face, ears and wig for Auggie, which took an hour and a half to apply and lost on the night to Darkest Hour's Churchill.
Ghostface was simply last year's outfit, and wearing it means Jack, not knowing who is under the mask, mocks Auggie to his face.
Q 24In the film Wonder, Jack apologizes to Auggie after their falling-out through which video game?
Minecraft
Minecraft carries the apology after Jack has served a two-day suspension for fighting Julian in Auggie's defense.
Q 25In the film Wonder, Auggie's popularity turns after he and Jack win first prize at which school event?
The science fair
The science fair is where Jack chose Auggie over Julian as a partner, the choice that cost him his popular friends.
Q 26Via steps in as understudy for the lead in which classic American play at her high school in the film Wonder?
Our Town
Our Town gives Via a standing ovation on opening night, after her estranged best friend fakes illness so Via can go on with her family watching.
Q 27Which friend of Via's, cast as the school play's lead, fakes illness on opening night so Via can perform in Wonder?
Miranda
Miranda had been avoiding Via for reasons Via could not work out, and gives up the part after spotting the Pullman family in the audience.
Q 28What are the first names of Auggie's parents in Wonder, who end his homeschooling by enrolling him in fifth grade?
Isabel and Nate
Isabel and Nate Pullman want their son to experience the world, and in the film Isabel is the one Auggie thanks at graduation.
Q 29Which classmate joins Auggie at lunch on his first day in Wonder, and later hints to Jack why Auggie is upset?
Summer
Summer's hint makes Jack realize his mistake, and his fight with Julian ends with Jack reconciling with Auggie at the cost of his popular friends.
Q 30Which of Auggie's welcome-tour guides in Wonder narrates the story 'Shingaling' in Auggie & Me?
Charlotte
Charlotte was the first person to be nice to Auggie at Beecher Prep, and her story turns to the friendships among the girls in his year.