Which fact about Rony V. Diaz's early life best explains the farm world the boy moves through?

Why should the boy who tells the story not be treated as Rony V. Diaz himself?

Knowing that Rony V. Diaz grew up in a rice-farming province helps a reader most with which part of the story?

Rony V. Diaz wrote this story in English. Which fact about his time best explains that choice?

The story was first published in the early 1950s. What was the country's political situation then?

A hired man works around the house and splits the family's firewood. What does that show about the household?

The boy remembers being handed his father's shotgun to hunt birds at thirteen. What does the memory show?

Why does the boy hold back instead of stopping his sister when she beats his dog?

How does Delia's weak heart change the balance of power between the two children?

Delia was eight when her brother was born and their mother died. How does this shape her feeling toward him?

The father lets the boy keep the stray dog but says he must return it if an owner appears. Why?

Berto stops his work, calls the boy over, and offers him the centipede he has found. What does this show?

The centipede the boy throws into Delia's lap is already dead. Why can it still hurt her?

Which universal truth does the story most clearly advance?

Which situation repeats the truth the story shows about revenge?

The boy tells himself his sister deserves a fright. How does the story treat that idea?

Which idea about pain does the story advance through Delia?

The story shows that power no one checks turns cruel. Which situation carries the same truth?

The story opens: "When I saw my sister, Delia, beating my dog with a stick, I felt hate heave like a caged, angry beast in my chest." What does the comparison suggest about the boy's hate?

The story is told by the boy himself, in his own voice.