The answer would be A. You would be trying to convince why they should build a skate park. So you would include your reasoning why it would be good for the community.
According to the French dictionary Petit Robert, it "perhaps" originally came from Italian, "Bombagia", meaning cotton.
Ref: 1220; o. i., p.-ê. de l'it. bombagia « coton
Note: Agreed, the word beige most recently came from French. I went too far back to 1220!
(edited 2018-03-08)
Answer:
The phrase "who, in return, would give" is a context clue which helps to identify the meaning of 'bestow'.
Explanation:
As you probably know, bestow means 'to give'. The phrase "who, in return, would give" implies that the urchins are returning a favor Douglass did for them, or, more concisely, that they are giving back to him because he gave to them.
