Chapter 30 Savvy

What is the main idea of chapter 30?

• Samson has run away and no one can find him.

• Samson is lost and they cannot figure out where he could be the entire chapter.

• Samson is missing and Mibs and Lill demand Lester turn the bus around and take them back to Carlene's trailer. When they get to Carlene's house she refuses to tell them where he is.

• Samson is hiding in Carlene's house and the kids go to Carlene's house and find him.

How did everyone know that Samson was not on the bus? (more than one answer)

• They looked under clothes.

• They turned over Lester’s

  army cot.

• They dumped out the big

  boxes.

• They checked under every seat.

Who was yelling at Lester to turn the bus around to get Samson from Carlene's?

• Only Fish, Will and Mibs were yelling for Lester to turn the bus around.

• Only Mibs and Fish were yelling for Lester to turn the bus around.

• Everyone was yelling at Lester to turn the bus around including Lill.

• Everyone was yelling at Lester to turn the bus around not including Lill.

What was Lester's reaction to everyone yelling at him to turn the bus around? (more than one answer)

• Lester told them he could not go back because Carlene called the police on them.

• Lester was

  staring forward along the stretch of highway.

• Lester had the look of a man accepting the that his life was probably going to end

  in prison for trying to do the right thing the

  wrong way.

• Lester had his fingers

  knuckle-locked onto that steering wheel

What did Mibs feel bad about concerning Lester and Lill?

• Mibs felt bad, remembering how Lill bought them things from the Mega Mart with her own money.

• Mibs felt bad, remembering how Lester got the pie for Samson.

• Mibs felt bad, remembering her vow to keep

  Lill and Lester safe and out of trouble.

• Mibs felt bad, remembering how nice Lill was to them.

What could Mibs not do even if the police were coming?

• Mibs could not sacrifice herself.

• Mibs could not sacrifice her brother.

• Mibs could not sacrifice Lill.

• Mibs could not sacrifice Lester.

How did Fish react when Lill asked the kidlings what was going on? (more than one answer)

• The

  temperature and humidity began to rise in the bus.

• Fish shouted, “Samson’s not on the bus!”

• Fish set his jaw and clenched his

  fists trying to wrangle his savvy.

• He created a

  gust of wind that blew Lill’s hair away from her face.

• Fish yelled, “Samson

  must still be at Carlene’s. We’ve got to go back!”

When Lill found out Samson was left behind what did she do and how did Lester respond to her? (more than one answer)

• Lill told Lester, "If the police are coming we cannot go back."

• Lill responded, “It doesn’t matter, Lester, “We’ve

  got to go back.”

• Lill spun around toward Lester.

  “Lester, turn the bus around!”

• Lester told her, “Carlene’s called the

  police.”

What did Lester do and what happened after Lill told him he needed to turn the bus around? (more than one answer)

• Boxes of Bibles tumbled and slid when Lester turned the bus.

• Mibs and the others had to hold on to what ever they could to keep from falling when Lester turned the bus.

• Mibs

  thought the big pink bus was going to tip

  over when Lester turned the bus.

• Lester made a wide- U-turn faster than

  any old school bus should ever do.

What things took place as they neared Carlene's trailer park? (more than one answer)

• Mibs was worried that Fish was stirring up a hurricane.

• The sky began to turn a funny

  shade of gray green.

• Lester had

  gone as pale as a ghost.

• They heard

  the first siren in the distance.

• They saw Carlene running toward them with the police.