Recently I fully understood that a little favor could really make a big difference. My daughter and I were, accidentally, in time to catch a falling heart just before it hit the ground.

It all started when Charlene, one of my co-volunteers at the library, asked if I could do her duty on Tuesday since her doctor appointment had been unexpectedly changed. I agreed, which meant I was home on Friday instead of volunteering as previously planned.

My daughter, Mary, managers a book store in town. Mid-morning, she called to ask me for help. Would I buy a fifty dollar gift card, birthday card, and cake for one of Mary's assistant managers, Cindy?

Mary explained she had to call Cindy in to take the place of another assistant manager who was sick, but felt terrible about it when she discovered it was Cindy's birthday. Cindy insisted that it was just fine. But that was not what Mary thought, so she gathered enough money from other employees to throw a surprise party for Cindy. Since neither Mary, nor any of the other employees, could leave to pick up the _ , they were turning to me for help. Days later, Mary told me the wonderful rest of the story, "Cindy cried and cried when we surprised her. After the party, Cindy told us that her boyfriend had chosen that morning to break up with her. To top that off, she only had 26 cents left in her bank account."

We were surprised at the series of unexpected events that took place in order to circle Cindy with love and catch her falling heart just before it hit the ground.

1. Who is a volunteer at the library?
2. What did the author request of her?
3. What did the author agree to?
4. What is Mary's job?
5. Where?
6. At what kind of business?
7. What did Mary ask her father to do?
8. For whom?
9. What relation is Cindy to Mary?
10. Why did Mary want her father to buy items for Cindy?
11. What did Mary ask Cindy to do on her birthday?
12. Did she complain?
13. What event did Mary plan for Cindy?
14. Does Cindy know about it?
15. Why couldn't anyone at the bookstore buy the items?
16. Why not?
17. Did Mary's father buy the items?
18. What reaction did Cindy have at the surprise party?
19. What significant event had happened that morning to Cindy?
20. Anything else?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Charlene
2. unknown
3. Do Charlene's duty
4. Manager
5. In town
6. a book store
7. Help her buy some items
8. Cindy
9. Her assistant manager
10. Because it was her birthday
11. Work
12. No
13. Party
14. No
15. They couldn't leave
16. Another assistant manager had called in sick and they were short-handed
17. Yes
18. She cried
19. She realized she needed to learn how to budget, as she only has 26 cents left in her bank account.
20. Also, her boyfriend dumped her.