Before We Were Free - Chapters 1-6

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Across
  1. 5. The new housekeeper who was hired from the Domestic Academy
  2. 7. The man who parent's are worried about because he likes pretty girls; nickname for El Jefe
  3. 8. Anita's friend and cousin who has to leave to go to America
  4. 9. Anita's new neighbors
  5. 11. The name for the plan to get Lucinda out of the country and away from Mr. Smith
  6. 12. Anything regarded as prophetic or has a significance of good or evil
  7. 18. The shape of the eraser that Carla left behind
  8. 20. A small thing of little or trivial value
  9. 23. Window covering - blinds or shutters
  10. 25. The Spanish name for the birthday party that is thrown for Susie when she turns 15
  11. 26. A special privilege; exempt from prosecution or punishment
  12. 27. Chucha's favorite color
Down
  1. 1. A diplomat of the highest rank
  2. 2. An official appointed by the government of one country to look after its interests in another country
  3. 3. The author of the book
  4. 4. A ban on trading with a country
  5. 6. uncle who has been missing
  6. 10. The country that borders The Dominican Republic and where Chucha is from
  7. 13. The dictator of the Dominican Republic
  8. 14. The trinket that Yo Garcia chooses to take with her
  9. 15. The omen that scares Lucinda at the end of the chapter
  10. 16. Person who exercises absolute power and has unrestricted control over the government
  11. 17. Irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion
  12. 19. The nickname that Anita has because she talks a lot
  13. 21. What Chucha sleeps in
  14. 22. The state that Anita's grandparents moved to in the United States
  15. 24. To avoid waste or extravagance
  16. 27. What Cotorrita means in Spanish