65 points ! what is lou ann's status when she is introduced in the novel a; she, like taylor, is traveling across the country. b: she is living in kentucky, but her husband has gone on to tuscan. c: she is pregnant living in tuscan, and her husband has just left her. d: she is raising a child and pregnant and living alone in tuscan, but longing for kentucky.

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change. bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world. what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Based on this work of satire, what is most likely the authors opinion?