Chapter 10 Savvy

How did the bible deliveryman look at the kids, and decide what to do with them, like mice in his bibles? (more than one answer)

• Would he poison them if they were mice?

• Would he drown them if the were mice.

• Would he feed them to a cat if they were mice?

• Would he stick them in a trap like they were mice?

How did Carlene and Rhonda show their places when the deliveryman folded his arms? (More than one answer)

• Rhonda was tattooed on the man's left arm above a black rose with thorns.

• Carlene was tattooed on the man's right arm above a black rose with thorns.

• Carlene was tattooed on the man's right arm beneath a red heart under the word mom.

• Rhonda was tattooed on the man's left arm beneath a red heart under the the word mom.

What did Mibs notice about the tattoos on the deliveryman's arms? (More than one answer)

• The tattoos became faces and began talking.

• The deliveryman's wife tattoo asked his mother tattoo why she let Lester grow up so soft.

• The deliveryman's mother tattoo said Lester was like his useless, weak father.

• The deliveryman's wife tattoo said Lester was like his useless, weak father.

• The deliveryman's mother tattoo said to the wife tattoo that Lester could not get ahead because he had to give all his money to her.

What did Mibs remind herself about the voices she was hearing? (more than one answer)

• The voices she heard were not her savvy.

• The voices in her mind were playing tricks on her.

• Her savvy was to wake Poppa up, because, that is what was supposed to happen.

• The voices she was hearing were her savvy.

What calmed Mibs when she began to feel weak-kneed and shaken?

• Bobbi touched her back.

• Will touched her back.

• Fish touch her back.

• Samson touched her back.

How did the deliveryman respond and what did he say when he found the kids in the back of his bus?

• He began stuttering, "what are you k-kids doing b-back there?"

• He told the kids kids to get off the bus immediately.

• He told the kids he was calling the police.

• He told the kids he would be calling their parents.

What did the deliveryman's mom and Wife tattoos tell Lester about the kids? ( more than 1 answer)

• The mom tattoo told Lester to show the kids his backbone.

• His wife said the kids would be driving the bus and telling him where to sit in ten minutes.

• His wife said he would make a short show for the kids then crumble.

• His mom said he would make a short show for the kids then crumble.

Which kid spoke up first to the deliveryman and what did they say?

• Fish spoke up first and asked the man if he was going back to Kansas because they were trying to get to Salina, Kansas.

• Will spoke up first and asked the man if he was going back to Kansas because they were trying to get to Salina, Kansas.

• Bobbi spoke up first and asked the man if he was going back to Kansas because they were trying to get to Salina, Kansas.

• Mibs spoke up first and asked the man if he was going back to Kansas because they were trying to get to Salina, Kansas.

What inference evidence shows that the deliveryman is intellectually slow? (more than one answer)

• His wheels might turn a bit slower than those of other folks.

• His gears might turn a bit slower than those of other folks.

• His thinking cap got shrunk in the wash and now fits too tight.

• His thinking cap was run over now it does not fit right.

How did the deliveryman's tattoos respond to the way Lester was pointing his finger at the kids as he talked to them? (more than one answer)

• Rhonda laughed at him.

• Carlene laughed at him.

• Rhonda scolded him.

• Carlene. scolded him.