Chapter 18 Savvy

What is the main idea of chapter 18?

• Mibs discovers her savvy is waking things up and Bobbi discovers what Mib's savvy is.

• Lil gets fired and the kids get in trouble at the truck stop.

• Mibs cannot wake up the unconscious man and feels like a failure.

• Mibs discovers her savvy is not waking things up but and Will and Bobbi discover what Mib's savvy is.

What did Will not understand that Mibs knows about the unconscious man? (more than one answer)

• Will could turn away easier because he did not have to listen to what Mibs had to listen to.

• Will does not know what Mibs had heard the Old man's tattoo say.

• Will does not know what Mibs had seen the Old man's tattoo do.

• Will thinks Mibs is being difficult and making everyone wait.

Why was Rocket wrong about Mib's savvy?(more than one answer)

• Rocket said her savvy would be loud like Fish's.

• Rocket said girls only got the quiet savvies.

• Mib's savvy was noisy when she stepped into the diner.

• Rocket said Mibs savvy would not be quiet like his.

Why did Mib's hear so much noise when she walked into the diner?

• The diner was crowed with people.

• The diner was full of tattooed bikers and truckers.

• Everyone was yelling in the diner when they walked in.

• People were talking loudly and dishes were clanging.

What did Mibs compare the noise in her head to as she walked into the diner? ( more than one answer)

• It was like the television dial was spinning from one station to the next.

• It was like someone switched on a T.V. inside her head.

• It was like someone switched on a radio inside her head.

• It was like the radio dial was spinning from one station to the next.

What does onslaught mean in this sentence? "The new added onslaught of all these strangers thoughts and feelings made me feel like I was going to be sick."

• helping

• reaching out

• attack

• crying out

Why did the red-haired waitress look at Lill with a surly glower? (more than one answer)

• She was mad at Lill for giving the children food.

• She was mad at Lill for talking to the kids.

• She was mad at Lill for being late.

• She looked at Lil with an unfriendly glare.

How was Fish covering up for Mib's savvy when she became dizzy and stumbled?

• Fish said his sister was upset because she missed her parents.

• Fish said his sister was weak because she was hungry.

• Fish said his sister was on the bus too long.

• Fish said his sister was sick.

Why was Mibs both grateful and ashamed toward her brother Fish? (more than one answer)

• She was grateful that Fish covered for her.

• She was ashamed she had not told him what her savvy was and that she had gotten them all into the mess they were in.

• She was ashamed that she had caused the fight between he and Will.

• She was grateful that Fish hit Will.

What does festooned mean in this sentence? ""Its antenna aslant and festooned with bows and crumpled aluminum foil.

• wrapped

• embellished

• tied with

• attached