When I was a little kid, a father was like the light in the fridge. Every house had one, but no one really knew what either of them did when the door was shut. My dad left the house every morning and always seemed glad to see every one again at night. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else at home could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into the basement by himself. Whenever it rained, he got into the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He set mousetraps. He cut back the roses so the thorns wouldn't hurt you when you came to the front door. He oiled my roller skates, and they went faster. When I got my bike, he ran alongside me for at least a thousand miles until I _ . He signed all my report and cards. He took a lot of pictures, but was never in them. He tightened up Mother's sagging clothesline every week or so. I was afraid of everyone else's father, but not my own. Whenever I played house , the mother doll had a lot to do. I never knew what to do with the daddy doll, so I had him say, "I'm going off to work now," and threw him under the bed. When I was nine years old, my father didn't get up one morning and go to work, he went to the hospital and died the next day. There were a lot of people in the house who brought all kinds of good food and cakes. We had never had so much company before. He never did anything; I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Where did her dad go every day?
2. Each day, where would her father head off?
3. What location did her father travel to daily?
Q2:
1. Did she know what her dad did at work?
2. Did the narrator understand what her father did at work?
3. Was it clear to the narrator what her dad did at work?
Q3:
1. What does the narrator compare her father to?
2. What comparison does the narrator make with her father?
3. What does the narrator liken her dad to?
Q4:
1. What did the narrator do to the dad doll?
2. How did the narrator treat the dad doll?
3. What became of the dad doll?
Q5:
1. What happened to the narrator's father?
2. What was the fate of the narrator's father?
3. What became of the author's father?
Q6:
1. When did the narrator's father pass?
2. When did the narrator's dad die?
3. When did the death of the narrator's father occur?
Q7:
1. Was the narrator afraid of her dad?
2. Did the narrator's father frighten her?
3. Was the author scared of her dad?
Q8:
1. Who scared the author?
2. Who was the author afraid of?
3. Who did the author fear?
Q9:
1. What did the narrator's dad do when others were sick?
2. When people were under the weather, what would the narrator's dad do?
3. If someone was sick, how would the narrator's dad react?
Q10:
1. What did the narrator realize when her father died?
2. Upon the death of her father, what realization did the narrator come to?
3. What became clear to the narrator upon her father's death?
