This handbook, designed to accompany the anthology of the same name, contains: (1) a questionnaire to evaluate a student's exposure to the stories, and the insights acquired or developed by the student, which have relevance to his or her bilingual/multicultural background; (2) a self-evaluation check-list for the teacher of the short story; (3) "In the Workshop of Time and Tide," by N.V.M. Gonzalez, a brief introduction to the Filipino storyteller's art in general and the Philippine short story in particular; (4) "The Brother, the Grandfather, and the Maid: Three Readings," and an explication of them, intended to serve as models of what a teacher can do to further the development of the student's discovery skills through the study of fiction; and (5) study guides for the 18 stories in the student's anthology. (Author/AMH)