Chuck was thirteen when he came home from the hospital. He came home not because he was getting better but because he wanted to be with people he knew and loved when he died. I came by the house to visit him and his family several times a week during his treatment. On most of my visits, Chuck was very weak. But the last time I saw him alive, he was awake. "I have got something for you." He pulled out a piece of crumpled paper from under his pillow. "I want you to give this to my mom and dad after I die. You'll know when it's right, I guess, won't you?" 

"What is it?" I asked. "It's a list of all the fun we had, and all the happy time when we laughed." I almost gasped in great surprise. 

"Like what?" I asked quietly, trying to regain my calmness. 

"Like the time when Mom, Dad, Chrissie, Linda and me were dressed up as fruits and Dad was driving us to a costume party. Dad was a bunch of grapes and I was an apple, and the others were different things like bananas and pears." 

And a policewoman _ for speeding. When the policewoman came up to the car, she looked and started laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up. And we all started laughing and she said, "Where are you all heading -- a salad bar?" Dad said he was sorry to be speeding, but his kids were getting so ripe that they were starting to draw flies. And she laughed till she had to take off her dark glasses and wiped tears from her eyes." 

Chuck laughed and so did I. The list was full of laughing and fun. What a wonderful gift, I thought. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How old was Chuck upon his return home from the hospital?
2. What was Chuck's age at the time of being discharged from the hospital to go home?
3. 
Q2:
1. Why did Chuck want to come home?
2. What was Chuck's reason for desiring to return home?
3. 
Q3:
1. What did Chuck give the author of the story?
2. What did teh narrator receive from Chuck?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did the paper Chuck gave the narrator have on it?
2. What was the inscription on the paper that Chuck gave the narrator?
3. 
Q5:
1. What was on the list the narrator received from Chuck?
2. What did Chuck make a list of?
3. 
Q6:
1. What was one of the fun times Chuck had with his family?
2. What was one time Chuck had a nice outing with his family?
3. 
Q7:
1. Why did Chuck's family get pulled over?
2. Why did a policewoman stop Chuck's family?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did the cop think of the way Chuck and his family were dressed?
2. How did the policewoman react to the costumes that Chuck's family was wearing?
3. 
Q9:
1. What did the cop say as a joke?
2. What joke did the policewoman tell?
3. 
Q10:
1. Why did Chuck's dad say they were speeding?
2. What excuse did Chuck's dad give for going over the speed limit?
3. 
