1. How old was Gifty when she went to Ghana to stay with her aunt and why did she go?
Gifty went to Ghana when she was 11 because her mother was struggling with mental illness.
2. What did Gifty’s Aunt point out to her in the market in Ghana in Chapter 1 and what did she say?
They saw a dreadlocked man mumbling to himself, and her aunt referred to him as “a crazy person.”
3. In Chapter 2, who calls Gifty from Alabama and what does he tell her about her mother?
Gifty's mother’s pastor, Pastor John, calls Gifty from Alabama to say he thinks her mother is having a breakdown again.
4. What fact does Gifty mention at the end of Chapter 3 that she and her mother “ignore” (11)?
Gifty says she and her mother ignore that, though most of her life it was just the two of them, at one time there were four of them, then three.
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