Across
- 3. mulatto a person of mixed black and white ancestry Squeak highlights the complex nature of racial identification
- 5. Celie and Nettie’s stepfather
- 7. Mr. ___ eldest son
- 8. Celies sister
- 9. A minister
- 11. Tashi: Olinka village girl who befriends Olivia and marries Adam
- 12. Adam: Celie and Alphonso’s biological son who like Olivia is adopted by Samuel and Corrine
Down
- 1. a poor uneducated black woman with a sad personal history she survives a stepfather who rapes her and steals her babies and also survives an abusive husband
- 2. Samuel’s wife
- 3. An independent women who marries Harpo and befriends celie
- 4. sultry blue singer who helps Celie find her voice
- 6. Celie and Alphonso’s biological daughter who is adopted by Samuel and Corrine
- 10. Celies husband first name Albert
- 11. Miss Millie: The wife of the mayor of the town where Celie lives