"Polio" is an abbreviation for Poliomyelitis, which is a very rare disease that affects the nervous system in your body.
In the story "An Hour With Abuelo" paragraphs 8 to 10 represent exposition.
These paragraphs are giving us important information about the setting and context (time and place) and the characters' background, especially about the grandpa. It is setting the stage for the following drama.
I believe it's punctuated correctly.
It has a comma before the conjunction (or "but") and it has a period at the end.
So the statement is true! :)
Joby realized that in spite of his fears he must be the drummer boy. At the end of the story, “Joby swallowed, wiped his eyes and cleared his throat, he settled himself.
