Mist still lay over the rice terraces in the early morning. Ilaya was tired and wanted to go home. Her father held up a broken spade. He asked her to run for a new one. Which sentence gives the setting?

Boyet promised to deliver the pandesal by six. He woke to find the tire of his bicycle flat and the shop three kilometers off. His mother had already left for the market. What is Boyet's problem?

When the creek rose, Marisol carried the school's books up to the second floor one armful at a time. She worked until midnight. In the morning not one book was ruined. How was the problem resolved?

Teban told the barangay captain the fish kill began upstream. Nobody checked. Two weeks later the tilapia in every pond had died. What was the consequence of the captain's response?

The story opens in a cramped boarding house near the pier in Cebu, in the last week before classes begin. Which detail belongs to the setting rather than the conflict?

Aling Puring sold her sewing machine to pay the hospital bill. She then took in washing, and by December had bought a second-hand machine. Which sentence gives the resolution?

In the story, Dado wants to join the fiesta dance troupe. His grandmother needs him at the sari-sari store every afternoon, which is when the troupe practices. What kind of conflict is this?

Rowena found the lost wallet outside the chapel. She counted the money, put it back, and walked it to the guardhouse. What does her response tell you about her?

A story is set during a three-day brownout in a coastal town in August. Which question is the SETTING answering?

Kiko's team is short one player an hour before the game. He remembers the new boy who watches from the fence every afternoon and runs to the gate to ask him. Which part of the story is this?

The palay was ready but rain was two days off. Tatang hired no one. He and his three sons cut from dawn to dark and had the harvest under cover by the second evening. Which sentence states the problem?

In the last scene, the two families who had not spoken for a year share one table at the fiesta, and the story ends there. What does this final scene give the reader?

The story names Lola Sabel, her grandson Onyok, and the tricycle driver Mang Ben. Only Lola Sabel and Onyok appear in every scene, and the story follows what they want. Who are the main characters?

Nita left the laundry out and the rain soaked it. She rewashed every piece that night so her mother would not find out. What was the consequence of leaving the laundry out?

For most of the story Bining hides that she cannot swim. On the boat trip she says it out loud, and her cousin teaches her in the shallows that afternoon. How is her problem resolved?

A story begins: 'The last jeepney had gone. Ading stood alone at the terminal with forty pesos and a bag of fish for his mother.' What has the opening established?

Every story grammar element answers a question. Which element answers 'What went wrong?'

Efren said nothing when his classmate took credit for the poster. The next week he asked the teacher if the class could sign work as a group. Which best describes his response?

In a narrative, the setting can be identified from details of place and time even when the author never names the town.

A story's resolution is simply the last thing that happens, whether or not it settles the problem.