People
Events
Vocab Ch. 1-25
Places
Historical Criticism
100

This person wanted to drive one Saturday morning in 1973

 Ruth

100

After spending the summer with his sister Jack, James re-entered high school as this classification

 a Junior

100

Surely James was _______ for honoring his mother, but telling others about Ruth's parenting style could get ________.

extolled, convoluted

100

Tateh received an offer to run a synagogue

Suffolk, Virginia

100

It was used for every ailment; if someone purchased a lot of it, you knew someone was seriously sick

BC Power

200

This person is naive, gentle, and curious. They also became the epicenter, instigator, and protagonist of "changing the system"

Helen

200

James went to elementary school, to camp, to Kentucky, and to college this way

By bus

200

Rev. Owen is the __________ of an early 20th Century preacher, full of ardor and ________. 

epitome, fervor

200

Summer Camp in upstate New York where they housed 10 kids in a cabin for two weeks.

The Fresh Air Organization

200

Chicken Man set up shop on the like it was his office; He drink until the liquor or the money ran out. But when Chicken Man was sober, he was

the Chief Philosopher

300

He was a small man with deep, rich, almost copper-toned skin, a wrinkled face, and laughing eyes.

Chicken Man

300

James was told Hunter was admitted to the hospital for this __________, but he died from ___________.

Stroke, cancer
300

James traveled down State Route 460 in Virginia, as he __________ whether or not he should ___________some assistance in finding his grandfather. 

vacillated, solicit

300

478 Carlton Avenue was subjected to gentrification in this area 

Ft. Greene, Brooklyn

300

This disease caused fever, tiredness, and paralysis

Polio

400

This person was pretty about the face, dark hair, high cheekbones and gentle 

Hudis/Mameh

400

James said, "Mommy staggered about in an emotional stupor...it took this many years for Mommy to recover from my stepfather's death.

10 years

400

Ruth often said that though Tateh had a __________look, he was also a __________ and a fox. 

baleful, scoundrel

400

Suffolk was a one-horse town then, but this company had its headquarters there

Planters Peanuts

400

The Loew's, the Realto, the Alhambra are like magic here

Harlem

500

"So I went to Suffolk looking for Francis and her mother who could cook like the dickens" is a reference to this author

William Shakespeare
500

James worked for the New York Times and this was his position

Feature Writer

500

As we stared in the distance, the trees in the mountains seemed to be _____________ even though we knew there were homes among them. 

amorphous

500

It was with much trepidation, prayer and the school system which forced Ruth to finally stay

Delaware

500

Hunter worked for this city organization which ran one of the largest and most neglected housing areas in New York City.  

The New York City Housing Authority