Across
- 1. ditches that run parallel to roads.
- 3. a person who cares for the elderly in the House of the Old.
- 8. without a noticeable result.
- 9. noticeable.
- 10. common house or garden plants that have white, pink, or red flowers.
- 12. warning
- 13. agitated or uneasy.
- 14. a conductor through which electric charge is passed.
- 15. the ability to stay afloat.
- 18. added to.
- 19. begging for understanding in a painful situation.
- 20. a place outside of the community; Lowry only hints at what and where Elsewhere is.
- 21. a term used in Jonas' community to describe someone "uneducated or clumsy, or someone who didn't fit in."
- 22. a small area set off from a larger room or space
Down
- 2. here, meaning patiently, contentedly, and happily.
- 3. here, meaning a mutilated and bloody body.
- 4. absorbed.
- 5. criticize.
- 6. a female who is assigned to give birth to three children within three years, after which she becomes a Laborer.
- 7. not harmful; gentle and calm.
- 11. skill or ability.
- 16. here, meaning transportation.
- 17. freed; not responsible
