The Good Earth
Across
- 4. There was no second cry, and over the house the stillness became _____.
- 5. the state of having, owning, or controlling something
- 9. an act or sound of snarling
- 13. A beautiful, delicate prostitute, the second wife Wang Lung married
- 14. Behind it he _____ among the little heap of silver and he counted out nine pieces
- 16. anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
- 17. The protagonist of The Good Earth
- 18. the country with the highest population
- 19. small or insufficient in quantity or amount
- 22. the only good thing that lasts(the theme)
- 23. lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
- 28. a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
- 29. closely acquainted; familiar, close
- 30. enthusiastic or passionate
Down
- 1. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
- 2. sad and pensive
- 3. Author of the book
- 6. cry and sniff in a feeble or fretful way
- 7. impertinence
- 8. a slave Wang Lung married
- 9. with courage and determination
- 10. in a manner characterized by malice or ill will; with intent to do harm
- 11. tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking
- 12. color that has special significance in traditional Chinese culture
- 15. guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others
- 20. the only thing O-Lan kept but was later took away by Wang Lung
- 21. insolent or rude in speech or behavior
- 24. a feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred
- 25. Wang Lung's neighbor and later his servant
- 26. the thing Wang Lung's first two sons fought for while his third son doesn't care
- 27. cause of the family to move to the south