The Color Purple

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Across
  1. 1. Who did Nettie fall in love with?
  2. 7. a person who lives in the country, regarded as being unintelligent or provincial.
  3. 9. Man the main character married
  4. 10. difficult to control; unruly.
  5. 12. Main character's sister
  6. 16. Corrine's daughter
  7. 18. a scented ointment or oil applied to the hair.
  8. 19. Where did Nettie get sent to as a missionary?
  9. 20. a single length of hair or other flexible material made up of three or more interlaced strands; a braid.
  10. 22. Samuel's first wife
  11. 26. Celie wants to start her own business making ___
  12. 27. Shug's "last fling"
  13. 28. a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heaters and lamps and as a cleaning solvent.
  14. 30. a small beetle with an elongated snout, the larvae of which typically develop inside seeds, stems, or other plant parts. Many are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs.
  15. 31. Novel's author
  16. 33. Shug sang a ____ inspired by Celie
  17. 34. the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
Down
  1. 2. the offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.
  2. 3. a combination of wardrobe and chest of drawers.
  3. 4. Corrine's son
  4. 5. Olivia's friend and Adam's love interest
  5. 6. Harpo's little girlfriend's nickname
  6. 8. "You better not tell no one but ___, it'd kill your mammy"
  7. 11. Title of the novel
  8. 13. What profession did Sofia's second husband do
  9. 14. genre of the novel
  10. 15. having a healthy red color
  11. 17. a great deal
  12. 18. a room in a public building for receiving guests
  13. 21. Main character
  14. 23. strong and thick
  15. 24. Albert has been hiding the ___ written by Nettie from Celie
  16. 25. the skill or activity of mending a hole in knitted material by interweaving yarn.
  17. 29. What does Celie love to do?
  18. 32. Woman that Celie had a crush on