4. Why did the woman crouch on the floor? (line 24)
5. Why do you think the woman bent her back a little more when her husband came
home? Was her husband helpful? Support your answer quoting from the poem.
6. What does the phrase 'as usual' suggest?
7. The last line of the first stanza talks about the woman shielding her face from heat
whereas the last line of the poem talks about people shielding their face from the
heat. How are they different?
8. "So when the kerosene was thrown..." Who threw the kerosene? Why? Support
your answer quoting from the poem.​