The correct answer would be false
The correct option is B.
You can test if there are two independent clauses by separating the clauses and seeing if they can stand alone.
They hadn't planned the trip. They returned to the store the next day and bought more peanut brittle.
Since the the two clauses can stand alone, there are two independent clauses.
Two independent clauses constitute a compound sentence.
Answer:
not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except.
"you have eight more days, excluding Sundays"
Explanation:
That is the pronoun in the sentence.
That is a demonstrative pronoun!