Question

Consider these text features from Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change by Sue Macy. In England, high wheelers were called penny farthings because the relationship of the front wheel to the back wheel resembled that of the large British penny coin to the smaller farthing (quarter penny) coin. How do these text features enhance the information provided in the book? They connect the book’s ideas about patents. They offer an illustration of English society. They provide insight into bicycle terminology. They emphasize the price of English bicycles.

Answer 1

The best answer from the choices provided is C.

Answer 2

• They provide insight into bicycle terminology.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sue Macy's Wheels of Change is a story about the early US history of cycling, the most recent many years of the nineteenth century. There is another side to the narratives previously told, and that is the one that considers the effect cycling - in the majority of its structures - had on women of that time. That is the at the focal point of the story Macy tells.