Ask your friend
-if his/her brother /sister is good at foreign languages.
-if he is good at describing things he has seen with his own eyes
-if he could give you a description of the town he was born in.
-if he could describe his first school teacher to you.
- if there are any Writers among his friends.
- whether he would like to have his own car.
- when he moved into his new flat.
- where he got his secondary education.
- at what age he entered the university.