1. In the beginning of the story, the American soldier has the impression that they know each other.

The American soldier patting the farmer's head was a sign that the American soldier knew the
Filipino as a friend. When the Americans reconquered the Philippines, they were very visible in
the eyes of the Filipinos.

2. Yes, because in the Philippines, "Joe" refers to all Americans. Joe is also a World War II relic.
Joe is a term of endearment for an American soldier.

3. The narrator offers lambanog as a drink. Because of what happened to the American soldier at the
end of the story, it is not a mild drink. I remember this drink when I was a kid because my father
had a coconut tree farm where the lambanog came from. My father picks it in the morning and
occasionally in the afternoon. We named the fresh juice collected tuba because it is sweet. When
it had fermented for a long time, it turned into vinegar, which we sold at the market.

4. The narrator's phrase that helped me predict what would happen is "I have some you can have,
but I do not think you will like it." This phrase was used by the author to warn an American
soldier, but he boasted to the farmer that he drank a lot of different kinds of liquor.

5. When the soldier first drank the lambanog, he experienced a mind-boggling sensation. According
to the farmer, "the first shot always acts like a mine sweeper." Even if the soldier felt this way, he
wanted to demonstrate to the farmer that he could drink even the strongest drinks from other
countries. The soldier felt such a strong effect from the lambanog on the second round that as he
exhaled, a moth flying around the thickening flame died. Finally, on the third round, he went
completely insane and passed out.

6. The authors' intention in the beginning of the story is to demonstrate that Filipinos do not drink at
all and only drink when they are very happy, very sad, or for any other reason. At the end of the
story, the author emphasizes that Filipinos drink local wines called lambanog, because these are
the wines with which Filipinos are familiar.

7. The story's humor for me was when the American soldier boasted to a Filipino farmer about his
ability to drink any type of liquor, but ended up getting drunk because of the lambanog that the
farmer offered.