The Color of Water

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Across
  1. 2. Ruth's father
  2. 3. What James called his mother
  3. 5. The kind of bus Ruth took after graduating, being told she couldn't come home because it was a gentile church she graduated at
  4. 7. Ruth's first love, he got her pregnant
  5. 8. Brother that took an illegal U-turn
  6. 11. Assassinated Human Rights Activist
  7. 13. Ruth's gentile friend
  8. 14. Having parents from two different racial/ethnic backgrounds
  9. 15. When he laughed, it sounded like a car trying to start
  10. 16. The man Ruth worked with in Aunt May's factory
  11. 17. Ruth's second husband, died from a stroke
Down
  1. 1. Ruth was insistent on staying close with God, always attending ____.
  2. 3. Ruth had her abortion here via a Jewish doctor
  3. 4. Any person who is not Jewish
  4. 6. James best friend
  5. 9. Narrator of the book, main subject other than Mommy
  6. 10. The College James attended
  7. 12. Ruth's method of escapism and stress relief, often made fun of or judged when partaking in it
  8. 15. Older sister who ran away, often fought with Ma
  9. 16. The Woman who paid for James to go to Europe