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TRASHKETBALL. No Promises in the Wind. Rules of Trashketball. Stay in your seats at ALL times. You will have 30-60 seconds to ponder/discuss the answer to a question AND Write ONE response to the question on a sheet of paper. All players/teams will hold up their answers.
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TRASHKETBALL No Promises in the Wind
Rules of Trashketball • Stay in your seats at ALL times. • You will have 30-60 seconds to ponder/discuss the answer to a question AND • Write ONE response to the question on a sheet of paper. • All players/teams will hold up their answers. • If you are correct, you/your team will get the opportunity to shoot the correct response into the trashcan from a point line (or your seat). • If the shot is made, the player/team gets a point. • Shots will be madeafter ALL the questions have been answered or shown.
Q 1 • There are many references to music in this novel. • List them and explain, using evidence from the text, their significance, especially the banjo.
Q 1 ANSWER • Josh felt best when he was able to play music at the school with Howie - who owned the banjo - and his teacher Miss Crowne. • Without music and their ability to play and sing, Josh and Joey wouldn’t have survived as well as they did on their journey. • The boys obtained jobs (and money) strictly because of their musical aptitude. • Music was a way to bring people together, create peace, harmony, and serenity – a release from reality.
Q2 • Explain how Josh and Joey might be described as the lucky ones from the “army of homeless children” who roamed the countryside in the winter of 1933?
Q2 ANSWER • They might be considered lucky because they managed to acquire some type of success and survive their journey. • Many families or couples gave Josh and Joey places to stay, clothes to wear, food to eat. • After obtaining a job at the carnival and at the restaurant in Nebraska, they earned money. Some of which they even sent home. • They met Lonnie who cared for them like a father. • Are there any other examples as to their “luck”?
Q3 • How is Stefan’s behavior pattern like Josh’s behavior pattern?
Q3 ANSWER • Both Josh and Stefan are easily angered, take out their anger in an ill way or on others they love. • Also Josh and Stefan do not show other emotions such as affection or love towards others. • Their pattern of behavior is extremely similar even though Josh tries to convince himself it isn’t.
Q4 • Identify then justify at least THREE different types of conflicts in this book.
Q4 ANSWER • There are all FOUR types of conflict within the novel, really: • Man vs Man – • Man vs Self – • Man vs Society – • Man vs Nature –
Q5 • There is a lot of anger in this book. • What are some of the examples, give the situation from the novel and who was involved?
Q5 ANSWER • Stefan again Josh for being a hungry and growing 15 year old. • Josh and Joey because Joey “foolishly” gave away half of their loaf of bread. • Josh was angry at Emily and Pete for being together. • The shoe shopkeeper angered Josh as he stole their $20 bill. • Josh was angry after the group of boys beat up he and Joey, stole their potatoes, and left them. • Most of the book Josh was angry as can be at his father for always being mad at him and for not loving him as much as he did Joey. • Are there any other examples of anger within the novel?
Q6 • Describe the different kinds of love depicted in this book.
Q6 ANSWER • Josh and Joey’s mother loves them yet knows there isn’t much at home for them. • Joey loves Josh like a little brother loves his older brother, and Joey loves Josh as a best friend. • Josh thinks he loves Emily. • Josh and Janey love each other yet must part in uncertainty. • Lonnie must love Josh and Joey as he treats them both as a son, his son/s. • Are there any other examples of love depicted within the novel?
Q7 • How was Stefan’s attitude toward life affected by his attitude toward his father? • Did Stefan make any of the mistakes his father did?
Q8 • Through the many different situations Josh endured, he was forced to grow up quickly. • What are some of these situations? • What decisions did he make?
Q9 • Compare the characters of Stefan and Lonnie.
Q9 ANSWER • Stephan and Lonnie are both fathers, and both have in a sense “lost” a child or children. They are simply trying to do the best they can or could with what they have. • Also …
Q10 • Compare the characters of Stefan and Josh.
Q10 ANSWER • Answers will vary but MUST be justified well enough to be accepted as correct! • Stefan and Josh have the same emotional and behavior patterns such as constricting affectionate emotions but easily angered.
Q11 • The title of the novel is No Promises in the Wind. • How is the wind a metaphor for life, especially in the lives of Josh and Joey?
Q11 ANSWER • The wind is a metaphor for life because the wind is completely unpredictable just as life is; the wind is also able to destroy nature or man-made structures, but it could also assist situations like a cool breeze on a hot summer day. • Simply put, the wind, like life, is unpredictable.
Q12 • Which is the most important relationship in Josh’s life? • Why?
Q12 ANSWER • The most important relationship in Josh’s life would be __________________________ because __________________________...
Q13 • List the first and last name of the author of No Promises in the Wind?
Q13 ANSWER • The author of No Promises in the Wind is Irene Hunt.
Q14 • Tell of the major national event happening during the novel.
Q14 ANSWER • The major national event during the time of the novel was the Great Depression.
Q15 • Give at least TWO pieces of information telling of the setting of the novel.
Q15 ANSWER • Two pieces of information telling of the setting of the novel would be the year 1933 and the city of Chicago, IL.
Q16 • What is the name of Josh’s high school in Chicago, IL?
Q16 ANSWER • Josh’s high school was Penn High School.
Q17 • Who became president of the United States during the time No Promises in the Wind was set?
Q17 ANSWER • Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president during the setting of the novel.
