Mickle's The Nickel Boys Ex Cr

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Across
  1. 4. Turner’s wife in the future, to whom he finally tells the truth.
  2. 6. A brutal houseman who assists Spencer with beatings.
  3. 10. The real-life Florida reform school that inspired the novel.
  4. 11. Elwood’s cynical friend who later takes on Elwood’s identity.
  5. 12. The student in the bunk next to Elwood who finds the "horse medicine."
  6. 14. The prize Elwood "wins" at the Richmond Hotel, which turns out to be blank.
  7. 17. Elwood’s strict but loving grandmother who raises him.
  8. 18. The staff member who runs "Community Service" and later shoots Elwood.
  9. 19. The "factory" name white students used for the White House beatings.
  10. 20. The Black student who is murdered after winning a rigged boxing match.
Down
  1. 1. Elwood's high school teacher and mentor who is active in Civil Rights.
  2. 2. The building where students are taken for brutal beatings.
  3. 3. The Tallahassee neighborhood where Elwood grew up.
  4. 5. An ex-student Elwood encounters in New York who is struggling with trauma.
  5. 7. The idealistic protagonist inspired by Dr. King’s speeches.
  6. 8. The staff member poisoned by Jaimie during the holiday luncheon.
  7. 9. The owner of the tobacco and cigar store where Elwood worked.
  8. 13. The name of the secret cemetery where boys were buried in unmarked graves.
  9. 15. The student of Mexican descent who poisons the staff member Earl.
  10. 16. The sadistic Superintendent of Nickel Academy.
  11. 21. The amusement park Elwood dreams of visiting, symbolizing segregated joy.