Whether you ride on hectic city streets or bucolic [rural] back roads, helmets are essential armor. bicycle helmets have been shown to reduce the risk of head injuries by up to 88 percent and facial injuries by 65 percent, according to a cochrane database systemic review published in 2000. bike riders who play against those odds do not fare well in accidents. more than 90 percent of the 714 bicyclists killed in 2008 were not wearing helmets, according to the insurance institute for highway safety.

what is the overall tone of this excerpt?
a.) pushy
b.) hesitant
c.) carefree
d.)assertive

it can be many reasons such as they could want they're family to live and explore more two. might just want to be nice.

3.some say for the greater good or future.

4. they might want to have they're baby,kid,family explore more. people just sacrifice.

true fact:

someone is sacrificed everyday.

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

explanation: