I'm Marie. I work in a nursing home and my job is to look after the old people. Alice is one of them. She's a very nice old woman. This year, Alice had a difficult time. She went to hospital twice. In November, I finally could get her back to her "home". Alice hoped that her daughter could come to visit her on Christmas Eve because she wanted to be with her family, like the old days. But her daughter was coming after Christmas, so she was very sad. I also felt sad because she would be alone on the holiday! On Christmas Eve, I took her to a candlelight service at church that night. I didn't take her to my church. I took her to the church in her old neighborhood. We got there early and I let her sit near the door, so people could see her when they came in. Soon some of her friends came to the church and they all talked to her and sat with her. Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there. She said she loved the gift like this. That night, I thought I got the best gift: the smile on Alice's face. .

Answer the following questions:
1. What's my name?
2. Where do I work?
3. What do I do there?
4. Where did Alice go this year?
5. How many times?
6. In what month?
7. When did she return?
8. Who did she hope would visit?
9. Why?
10. When was her girl arriving?
11. How did that make her feel?
12. Was I happy about that?
13. What did I do?
14. When?
15. Where?
16. Did she sit in front?
17. Why not?
18. Who else went there?
19. Did they ignore her?

Numbered answers:
1. Marie
2. nursing home
3. look after the old people.
4. to hospital
5. twice
6. this year
7. In November
8. her daughter
9. she wanted to be with her family
10. after Christmas
11. very sad
12. no
13. I took her to a candlelight service
14. On Christmas Eve
15. the church in her old neighborhood
16. no
17. so people could see her
18. Her friends
19. no