It is Mother's Day. John is busy with his work during the day. When he passes by a flower shop in the evening, he thinks, 'I'll send Mum some roses .' While John is looking at the flowers, a young man comes inside. 'How many roses can I buy for only five dollars , madam?' he asks. The shopkeeper tells him that a dozen of roses is forty dollars. Maybe he can buy some carnations . They are much cheaper. 'No, I only want to have red roses,' he says. 'My mum was badly ill and I didn't spend much time with her. Now I want to give her something special, it must be roses because rose is her favorite.' After hearing it, John says he can help him pay for the rest of the money. The shopkeeper is moved and says, 'Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.' Taking the roses, the young man almost jumps into the air and runs out of the shop. Then John pays for his dozen of roses and tells the shopkeeper to send them to his mother. As he walks out, he feels nice. Suddenly he sees the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John knows it is not a park but a cemetery . Crying, the young man carefully puts down the roses, 'Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.' Seeing this, John turns and quickly walks to the shop. He will take the flowers home himself.

Answer this series of questions:

1. How much is a dozen of roses?
2. Does the man have forty dollars?
3. Where does the man go?
4. What day is it?
5. Who stops by the florist in the evening?
6. For what?
7. Why didn't he go earlier in the day?
8. Where did he think the other man was going?
9. What did the florist suggest the man buy instead of roses?
10. Why?
11. Why did the man decline?
12. Why did he want to give them to her?
13. For what?
14. Who helped him pay for the flowers?
15. What did John ask the florist to do with the roses he bought?
16. Did he overhear the man in the cemetery?
17. What did he hear the man doing?
18. Did the man say anything?
19. What did he say?
20. Who else did he talk to?

Numbered answers:
1. forty dollars
2. He pays thirty for them
3. a cemetery
4. Mother's Day
5. John
6. send his Mum some roses
7. He was working during the day
8. a park
9. carnations
10. They are much cheaper
11. rose is his mom's favorite
12. She was badly ill and he felt bad
13. He didn't spend much time with her
14. John
15. send them to his mother
16. Yes.
17. Crying
18. YEs.
19. Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you?
20. God