Manuel took the three rabbits and carried them away to the mountains. He was very sad. "Oh!" he said. "If I set these rabbits free here, how will I find them again?"

—“Manuel Had a Riddle,”
Virginia Hamilton

Which statement best describes the author’s characterization of Manuel in this excerpt?

a) The author uses only direct characterization to show that Manuel is worried about the rabbits.
b) The author uses indirect characterization by describing Manuel as “sad.”
c) The author directly characterizes Manuel as sad and indirectly characterizes him as worried.
d) The author describes Manuel and the rabbits using direct and indirect characterization.

either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.

the answer is true.

the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.

what are the options?