What ideas is present in "blood: there is no substitute that's not present in "the bizarre quest for artificial blood"

Need ! how is richard characterized by alger in this excerpt from the passage? "to complete his costume he wore a coat too long for him, dating back, if one might judge from its general appearance, to a remote antiquity." he is exciting. he is intelligent. he is comical. he is happy.

Does anyone read this story in 9th grade "when mr. pirzada came to dine"

Which of the following events of the story actual occurs first in the sequence of events