Q10: What piece of evidence from the text can be used to support your answer from Question 9?(1 point)

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"Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?" "No’m," said the boy.
"Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?" "No’m," said the boy.

"Then I won’t turn you loose," said the woman. She did not release him.
"Then I won’t turn you loose," said the woman. She did not release him.

“Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.”
“Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.”

“The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next.”

Answer 1

The evidence from the text that can be used to support the idea that the woman is not planning to turn the boy loose is the statement "Then I won’t turn you loose," said the woman. She did not release him." This shows that the woman has no intention of letting the boy go.