My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.

The passage refers to Cuba after Columbus’s arrival and describes the Spanish conquest and its devastating effects on Indigenous people. These details place the story within the colonial history of Latin America, so B is correct. The passage mentions Columbus as a historical reference point, not as an extraordinary discovery.

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