The Color of Water

2. Ruth's father
3. What James called his mother
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
7. Ruth's first love, he got her pregnant
8. Brother that took an illegal U-turn
11. Assassinated Human Rights Activist
13. Ruth's gentile friend
14. Having parents from two different racial/ethnic backgrounds
15. When he laughed, it sounded like a car trying to start
16. The man Ruth worked with in Aunt May's factory
17. Ruth's second husband, died from a stroke

1. Ruth was insistent on staying close with God, always attending ____.
3. Ruth had her abortion here via a Jewish doctor
4. Any person who is not Jewish
6. James best friend
9. Narrator of the book, main subject other than Mommy
10. The College James attended
12. Ruth's method of escapism and stress relief, often made fun of or judged when partaking in it
15. Older sister who ran away, often fought with Ma
16. The Woman who paid for James to go to Europe