In the second paragraph of "The Evolution of the Bicycle," the author previews what’s to follow with the mention of the bicycle's "royal birth." Which fact from the text tells more about this aspect of the topic? A “First, it was made completely of wood, including the wheels.” B “The velocipede changed its appearance and construction over time.” C “Credit for patenting the modern bicycle’s ancestor goes to Baron von Drais, a German inventor.” D “Drais took his invention to Paris in 1818, where it acquired the name ‘velocipede,’ meaning ‘fast foot.’”

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.