Duplicate of No Promises Review

Question 1

What caused the fire that burned down the carnival?

Accepted Answer

An oil heater

Question 2

What animal did they kill for food in Chapter 2?

Accepted Answer

a rooster

Question 3

What did Emily tell Josh to do when they parted?

Accepted Answer

write to her

Question 4

Did Mrs. Grondowski want Joey to leave?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 5

What was one popular form of entertainment/news technology that the book mentions?

Accepted Answer

radios

Question 6

Why does Charlie have a tank under his car?

Accepted Answer

to encase his hooch

Question 7

What did Josh get in the mail in Chapter 9?

Accepted Answer

a letter from home

Question 8

Why did Edward C leave a note rather than saying goodbye in person?

Accepted Answer

Didn't want them to see him cry

Question 9

In Ch. 10, who talked the manager into hiring Josh as a pianist at his restaurant?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Arthur

Question 10

What did Mrs. Arthur leave for Joey?

Accepted Answer

books and games

Question 11

Who told Lonnie about "the one with the earrings?"

Accepted Answer

Janey

Question 12

What was Emily's stage name?

Accepted Answer

Bongo

Question 13

What happened the last time Josh saw Janey?

Accepted Answer

They expressed love and said goodbye

Question 14

Who stole the brothers' potatoes in Ch. 3?

Accepted Answer

hoodlums

Question 15

How much money was Josh getting paid regularly for his job at the carnival?

Accepted Answer

5 dollars / week

Question 16

What was a problem that led to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

buying on credit, overproduction

Question 17

Hoover created ___________ to loan money to companies and local governments that needed it.

Accepted Answer

reconstructive finance corporation

Question 18

What is the name of Josh's dad's Polish song?

Accepted Answer

góralu czy ci nie zal

Question 19

In Ch 10, what does Joey say that he forgot about Lonnie?

Accepted Answer

His last name

Question 20

How does Josh feel in Ch 4 when he begs for food from a pretty girl?

Accepted Answer

Embarassed

Question 21

What was one way Josh got food in Chapter 4?

Accepted Answer

begging, Dumpster diving

Question 22

How do Josh and Joey get home at the end of the book?

Accepted Answer

By train

Question 23

What did Pete buy for Emily that angered Josh?

Accepted Answer

earrings

Question 24

What did Edward C tell Emily that Josh wanted to buy her?

Accepted Answer

perfume

Question 25

What did Josh do after school in chapter 1?

Accepted Answer

play piano in Miss Crowne's room

Question 26

Where does Lonnie think Joey ran back to?

Accepted Answer

home or the circus

Question 27

In what year does the story start?

Accepted Answer

1932

Question 28

Why did Josh hit Joey? (choose the most accurate answer)

Accepted Answer

He was mad about the bread and ill

Question 29

What president gives his inaugural address in the book?

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt

Question 30

What happened to Howie in Chapter 2?

Accepted Answer

He was killed by a train

Question 31

Why did Josh let Joey run away with him?

Accepted Answer

Howie wanted him to goi

Question 32

This image is from a famous _____ of the time period covered in the book.

Accepted Answer

Movie

Question 33

Why did Josh's dad cry?

Accepted Answer

his boys returned to him

Question 34

Who is the author of this book?

Accepted Answer

Irene Hunt

Question 35

What were all the homeless kids called (including Joey) near the end of the book?

Accepted Answer

The Wild Children of the Road

Question 36

Who took Josh and Joey to New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

Lonnie

Question 37

Why was it so hard for Edward C. to say goodbye to Josh and Janie?

Accepted Answer

They were like family

Question 38

What did the doctor say that Joey needed toward the end of the novel?

Accepted Answer

rest, love, and food

Question 39

Why does Janey want to buy earrings?

Accepted Answer

to impress Josh

Question 40

What month do the boys run away?

Accepted Answer

October

Question 41

What did Josh first think of Janey?

Accepted Answer

she was ugly

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