CHARACTERS
Britney and Tiffany
Who are Abena’s cousins?
Where Pierre, Kofi, and Dinah work.
What is Abena’s home?
The reason Faiza left her village and came to Accra and Makola Market.
What is to search for her "sister-cousin" Asana?
The food that begins with an “o” that is farmed by Faiza.
What is okro?
"With a flourish" - 204
What is a word that means a showy or dramatic gesture?
Auntie Omo (or Omotola)
Who is the shop-owner next door to Auntie Lydia?
Where Faiza sleeps at night.
What is a kiosk (the My Redeemer Lives Hair salon)?
The sickness Abena comes down with in ch. 18.
What is malaria?
A slang expression that means disgusting or low quality.
What is nyama-nyama?
"I felt bereft" - 207
What is a word that means very sad and empty?
Auntie Adjoa
Who is Abena’s aunt (her mother’s sister)?
Motown (or Achimoto School)
Where do Mike and Stephen go to school?
The reason Auntie Lydia is angry (and Gifty smirks) at the beginning of ch. 17.
What is the theft of money from the till?
The informal, “blended” language that Mike speaks to Stephen in ch. 16.
What is pidgin?
"The city receded" -210
What is a word that means to fade into the distance?
Auntie Connie
Who is the salon shop-owner (My Redeemer Lives Hair and Beauty Parlor)?
The nearest city to Faiza’s village.
What is Tolon?
What Auntie Lydia tells Faiza at the end of ch. 15 that makes Abena so happy.
What is that she can continue to work at the shop after Abena leaves?
Dada bee (or dada bo)
What is a privileged or pampered child?
"The billowing curtains" - 218
What is a word that means swelling, undulating, moving?
Kwesi
Who is Abena’s little brother?
Milly's
What is the new ice cream parlor?
The news that makes Abena’s father exclaim, “Abee, that’s fantastic!”
What is that Abena has befriended a kayayoo?
Koobi
"A little culvert" - 209
What is a word that means a tunnel or pipe?