Born a Crime, Chapters 6-12

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Across
  1. 1. Trevor's father is this nationality.
  2. 6. Trevor and his mother would do this instead of arguing face to face.
  3. 7. Another student at H. A. Jack Primary who Trevor asks to be his Valentine, but she "leaves" him for another boy.
  4. 10. This kind of tree has a bad association to Trevor, as he was pelted with berries from it by other children who were cruel to him.
  5. 11. Complete the quote: "_____________ school is similar to apartheid in that it's ruthlessly authoritarian, and its authority rests on a bunch of rules that don't make any sense."
  6. 12. Trevor uses this word in Chapter 6 to describe his reading and eating habits.
  7. 16. The high school Trevor started going to after he moved on from H. A. Jack Primary.
  8. 18. This is the establishment that Robert owned, which was one of the first integrated businesses in Johannesburg.
  9. 19. Trevor and his family realized his dog was this, not dumb like they had though.
  10. 20. The Swiss ____________ is who Trevor wrote to in hopes of getting back in touch with his dad when he was older.
Down
  1. 2. Because Trevor was so fast and his mother couldn't catch him to discipline him, his grandmother referred to him as this animal.
  2. 3. Trevor was so much of a trouble maker at school that they repeated sent him to ____________ to see what was wrong with him.
  3. 4. Trevor's stepfather, who at one point own a mechanic shop; he had issues with drinking and his anger.
  4. 5. Trevor's high school crush that moved suddenly over a school break, and apparently liked him as much as he liked her.
  5. 8. Trevor calls himself this because he learned how to blend in with many different types of people.
  6. 9. Trevor could have been described as this, between his burning his own eyebrow off and accidentally burning someone's house down.
  7. 13. Complete the quote: "That experience [with Fufi] shaped what I've felt about relationships for the rest of my life: You do not ______ the thing that you love."
  8. 14. What people didn't dare to own in a black neighbor in South Africa, which Trevor learned the hard way when he came home to "Witch" written on his front wall.
  9. 15. The name of the pet dog Trevor had that was exceptionally dumb; he ended up "losing" it to another family in his neighborhood.
  10. 17. Trevor's cousin, who he credits as being his protector when he was younger.
  11. 21. This is the Afrikaans term or slur used to refer to colored people in South Africa.