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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TRASHKETBALL
No Promises in the Wind
Rules of
Trashketball1. Stay in your seats at ALL times.2. You will have 30-60 seconds to ponder/discuss the
answer to a question AND3. Write ONE response to the question on a sheet of
paper.4. All players/teams will hold up their answers.5. 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).
6. If the shot is made, the player/team gets a point. 7. Shots will be made after ALL the questions have
been answered or shown.
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
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.
Q 1 ANSWER
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
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”?
Q2 ANSWER
How is Stefan’s behavior
pattern like Josh’s behavior pattern?
Q3
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.
Q3 ANSWER
Identify then justify at
least THREE different types of conflicts in this book.
Q4
There are all FOUR types of
conflict within the novel, really:
Man vs Man – Man vs Self – Man vs Society – Man vs Nature –
Q4 ANSWER
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
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?
Q5 ANSWER
Describe the different
kinds of love depicted in this book.
Q6
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?
Q6 ANSWER
How was Stefan’s
attitude toward life affected by his attitude toward his father?
Did Stefan make any of the mistakes his father did?
Q7
Q7 ANSWER
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?
Q8
Q8 ANSWER
Compare the characters
of Stefan and Lonnie.
Q9
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 …
Q9 ANSWER
Compare the characters
of Stefan and Josh.
Q10
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.
Q10 ANSWER
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
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.
Q11 ANSWER
Which is the most
important relationship in Josh’s life?
Why?
Q12
The most important
relationship in Josh’s life would be __________________________ because __________________________...
Q12 ANSWER
List the first and last
name of the author of No Promises in the Wind?
Q13
The author of No
Promises in the Wind is Irene Hunt.
Q13 ANSWER
Tell of the major national
event happening during the novel.
Q14
The major national event
during the time of the novel was the Great Depression.
Q14 ANSWER
Give at least TWO pieces
of information telling of the setting of the novel.
Q15
Two pieces of
information telling of the setting of the novel would be the year 1933 and the city of Chicago, IL.
Q15 ANSWER
What is the name of
Josh’s high school in Chicago, IL?
Q16
Josh’s high school was Penn
High School.
Q16 ANSWER
Who became president of
the United States during the time No Promises in the Wind was set?
Q17
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
became president during the setting of the novel.
Q17 ANSWER