Until quite rccently, I knew only three things about my father: I knew his name, David S. Johnson, Jr.
I knew he was an only child, and I'd been told he was killed on April 12, 1945, somewhere in Germany.
     I used to come to visit my Granny. "Daddy David and his two friends were out in the fields, making
sure the way was safe for the others to follow," she told me. "All of a sudden there was an explosion. All
three of them were killed." Granny was looking down, stroking one thin hand with the other. Then there
were no words but silence.
     I began my search and collection for information about my father as my 50th birthday and the 50th
anniversary of his death drew near. I was told that the explosion had blown him to bits and I had great
difficulty collecting anything I could find about him bit by bit. Bits of information about him began falling
into my hands, my mind and my heart. Longing to know my father kept me connected to him. It was time
to transform my longing into knowledge.
     Once upon a time, he was alive, and my mother and father were in love. They were married, and they
had a child, my brother, David. Then my father left for the war.
     I was born in January 1945. On February 15 my father wrote me a letter of welcome. The letter is kept
in my baby book, "Dear Susan, you have a very good family. Your dad is sort of a less able person. Your
mother is the most wonderful person I've ever known. I've always amazed at my great good fortune to
have loved her and been loved by her. If you follow her words and examples, you may expect to meet life
in the best possible way, and your path will always be the right one. Your father, Dave."
     Black on white paper, the words are from my father. From them I grow into a person of loyalty and love.
How I long for stories that will bring him to life!

1. The writer got to know her father's story of death from _____.

A. her father's friends 
B. someone in Germany
C. her grandmother 
D. a little child

2. The author meet difficulty finding information about her father because _____.

A. it was too late for her to start the search 
B. the explosion left little about her father
C. she only found pieces of hands and legs
D. she didn't have enough knowledge to do it

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? 

A. Her parents had only one child
B. Her father died before her birth
C. Her father was a disabled man
D. The writer never saw her father

4. We know from the last paragraph that the author _____.

A. still hates her father for having left
B. is curious about her father's death
C. shows much respect for her father
D. is sure that her father may survive