Our astonishment was short-lived, for it gave way to a curious kind of defensive shame; we were embarrassed for pecola, hurt for her, and finally we just felt sorry for her. our sorrow drove out all thoughts of the new bicycle. and i believe our sorrow was the more intense because nobody else seemed to share it. a) trueb) false

answer; i do believe its (b) 12.5 years of age;

this headline suggests that midterm congressional   elections are at the corner and trump administration wants to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration as trump had said during his election campaign around two years ago. when a baby is born in usa, the baby becomes citizen of usa for 85 years and trump wants to end this rule of birthright citizenship to control illegal immigration and this what he said in an interview""we’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years, with all of those benefits,” "

the factors that the economies of the muslim empires prosper were:

1- land trade routes-located between three continents  

2- sea trade routes

trade contributed to the spread of muslim empires, and with that islamic culture led to a growing feeling of internationalism resulted in the transfer of technology, science, and other cultural forms.