Instructions. After reading the selection, answer the questions below.
1. Why is the story entitled "Pioneer"? What other suitable titles can you think of for the story?
2. How does the writer characterize Virgil's mother? Would you have acted the same way if you were Virgil's mother? Why or why not?
3. What is your impression of Virgil's Bagong-Loob before it was inhabited and developed by the residents of Loob-loob?
4. What similarities or differences can you identify between Virgil and his father?
5. Think of the Earth as an unexplored planet and you are among the first humans to inhabit it. What place would you like to be the first to discover and why?​