Wonder Part Two: Via

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What is the probability of August's children carrying the gene?

100%

Where did Via's grandparents (on her father's side) meet?

A dance on the Lower East Side of town

What is the name of Via's grandfather (on her mother's side)?

Agosto

Where do most of Mom's family live?

Alto Leblon, Rio

Where did Via's great-grandma flee to from the Nazis?

Argentina

Where did Via's grandparents (on her father's side) move to after getting married?

Bayside

Where did Via's grandparents (on her mother's side) move to?

Boston

What was the name of the university where Mr. & Mrs. Pullman met?

Brown University

Via states how she, Miranda, and Ella would dress August up in feather boas, big hats, and Hannah Montana wigs. What was this referring to?

Drew Barrymore dressing E.T. in a blond wig

What is the name of Via's high school?

Faulkner High School

What was the name of Via's doll when she was little?

Lilly

Where did Via stay with her grandmother?

Montauk

What city was Via born in?

New York City

Where did Via's great-great-grandpa flee to from the pogroms?

New York City

What month did Via finish War and Peace?

October

What was the name of Via's middle school?

PS 22

Where did Mr. Pullman come from?

Russia and Poland

Why did Via lie to Miranda that her mom was picking her up after school?

She didn't want Miranda to take her home.

How does Via help August after he told her about what happened at school with Jack and the boys?

She listens and then takes him to a parade.

What did Via mean when she said that August was the Sun, her mom and dad are the planets and the rest of family and friends are asteroids and comets?

She was trying to say that everything revolved around August.

Where did August buy his Padawan beads?

Soho

What song would August and Miranda sing together?

Space Oddity by David Bowe

How did Via feel when she found out that Miranda called their house?

Surprised.

What movie were Mrs. Pullman and Via going to watch together?

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

What day did Grans die?

The night before Halloween

How did Miranda and Ella change?

They changed their appearance and made new friends.

What did Via convince her parents to let her do?

To let her take the subway to school.

What book was Via reading that was such a big deal?

War and Peace

Which incident made Via see August the way others saw him?

When she first saw him after coming back from a vacation at her Grandmothers, and she hadn't seen him for a long time.

What is the probability of her children not carrying the gene?

one in four

What is the probability that her kids will look like August?

one in four

If she marries someone with the gene what is the probability of them carrying the gene and looking totally normal?

one in two

What is the possibility of Via's children carrying the mutant gene?

one in two

What made Via upset and stay home from school?

she was upset because it was round the time of the year that her grandmother died.


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