No Promises in the Wind - SchoolNotes
No Promises in the Wind
Reader’s Response Packet
Name _________________________________________ Date __________________ Per. _____
Answer the following questions right after reading the corresponding chapter. Keep up with the reading! The first half of the packet (Chapters 1-5) will be collected separately; the second half of the reading and packet questions (Chapters 6-11) will be collected at the end of the unit. All answers must be in complete sentences, or no credit will be given for that entire chapter’s questions! Quizzes may be given periodically throughout the unit. (approximately every three to four chapters)
Chapter 1
1. Tell about the narrator, Josh Grondowski.
2. What is the setting for the story?
3. Explain why Josh and his father don’t get along.
4. Describe Josh and Joey’s relationship.
5. Tell what happens at the dinner table at the end of the chapter.
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Chapter 2
6. How does Howie treat Joey?
7. How does Joey prove his worth to Josh and Howie?
8. Who are the “bulls” and what is their job?
9. Identify three dangers of riding on freight trains illegally.
10. Explain what happens to Howie at the end of the chapter.
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Chapter 3
11. Describe Josh’s mental state when he and Joey get off the train.
12. How do Josh’s feelings about Joey change?
13. What does Ben tell Josh about playing the piano?
14. Identify two examples of man’s kindness to man in the chapter.
15. What happens to Josh and Joey in the woods? What don’t the other boys take? Why?
NOTE: There will be a quiz over the first three chapters, including the introductory notes about the causes of the Great Depression!
Chapter 4
16. What hope has Josh lost and what is always on his mind?
17. Where is Josh forced to look for food, and why is he proud that he won’t allow Joey to go with him?
18. Explain Joey’s reasons for why he should be the one begging. Do you agree? Explain.
19. Do you agree that the boys needed to write home? Explain.
20. What is Lonnie’s great tragedy, and why does he sympathize with Stefan Grondowski?
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Chapter 5
21. What does Joey tell Lonnie about Stefan Grondowski?
22. Explain the terms/wages of Josh’s employment at Pete Harris’s carnival.
23. Explain what Josh does not like about his job.
24. What is attractive to Josh about Emily, and what does he realize?
25. Why won’t Josh let Joey or Emily see him do his job?
(End of the first half - hand in the packet)
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