Background
Characters
Plot
Themes
Miscellaneous
100
He is the author of the book
Who is James McBride?
100
Narrator of the story
Who is James McBride?
100
Ruth arrived in the U.S. at this age
What is two?
100
Ruth and James experience this as a result of their ethnicity
What is racial prejudice?
100
An autobiography or personal account
What is a memoir?
200
The author was born in this year
What is 1957?
200
The author's mother
Who is Ruth McBride?
200
Ruth decided to leave home when she bacame this
What is pregnant?
200
Ruth keeps this secret from even her family
What is her pregnancy?
200
The act or process of examining two or more people or things in order to discover similarities and differences between them
What is a comparison?
300
The author was raised here
What are Brooklyn's housing projects?
300
The first husband of Ruth and the father of James
Who is Andrew McBride
300
Dennis died of this
What is lung cancer?
300
All of Ruth's children earn at least this
What is a Bachelor's degree?
300
The main character of a novel
What is the protagonist?
400
The book is presented as this of the author's life
What is a memoir?
400
Mother of Ruth, suffered from Polio
Who is Hudis Shilsky?
400
Ruth believed that this was secondary to morals
What is race?
400
The book uses this of the past and present
What is juxtaposition?
400
Putting two things close together, side by side, for comparison
What is juxtaposition?
500
The book is presented as this of his and his mother's life
What is a comparison?
500
Ruth's first boyfriend
Who is Peter?
500
James' hard life led him to this
What is a life of crime and drug abuse?
500
Both Ruth and James have to overcome these feelings of their own
What are prejudices?
500
The most awesome AP english teacher ever
Who is Mrs. Proffitt?
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