Across
- 3. Generational curse in Oscar’s family
- 5. Person the boys give their banned books to at the end of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- 7. Name of the deceased brother of Leonie in Sing Unburied Sing
- 9. Something that Oscar hates about himself, yet over 40% of Americans have
- 11. This hotel’s name is an allusion to Xenophobia (discrimination against other nationalities)
- 13. Book takes place during the ___ Revolution (1979)
- 14. Following the Islamic Revolution, women were forced to wear ____
- 16. “Something is ____ in the state of Denmark.”
- 17. Last name of the author of many of the books stolen by the boys in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- 19. “This above all: to thine own self be true.” Quoted from the character ____.
- 21. Something used to dull the pain of the women's stories
- 22. Name of the Fences character who represents healing and new beginnings
- 23. Chapters that tell how Amir got to the island
Down
- 1. “Love him. Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” Quoted from the character ___.
- 2. The final word spoken by the ghosts in Sing, Unburied, Sing: “____,” representing peace after a life of suffering.
- 4. When Firdaus’s pimp threatens to kill her, she takes the ___ from his pocket and stabs him.
- 6. Fictional truth that someone can dream: ___ truth.
- 8. The place Tim O’Brien was deployed to
- 10. A flawed protagonist whose pride and past mistakes lead to his downfall—Troy Maxson is a powerful example of this literary figure (2 words).
- 12. The protagonist in Woman At Point Zero who rejects submission and takes control over her fate
- 15. What a woman can't have and be successful.
- 18. Money offered by Claire to kill Alfred Ill: One ___ dollars.
- 19. Where in France did the book “Giovanni’s Room” take place?
- 20. People in The Visit decide to eventually kill Ill because they wanted ___.
