2 questions in one: ( more questions from the Outsiders) Who is the author of the poem that Ponyboy recites?

Ray Bradbury

Emily Dickinson

Robert Frost

Margaret Mitchell

In the line "Nature's first green is gold," what does the word "gold" mean?

decaying and dying

falling and fragile

metallic and shiny

perfect and precious

Aspot in middle of the retina that only contains cones is called the

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonist britain, portugal, spain, or italy?