Paragraph 2 is the only one, from what i can tell, that describes any type of relationship with the dad.
The original meaning (and still the formal meaning) of 'queer' is actually 'strange' or 'weird'. The excerpt is probably from a few decades ago or was written/spoken within a formal context. The new, more common meaning of 'queer' was born from old beliefs of a prejudiced society, where homossexual people were considered to be 'weird', therefore it's a pejorative term, and it's generally not received well by the homessexual community. As the word 'gay', which originally means 'glad', but with time had its meaning changed first colloquially, then gramatically ('glad' does not imply a pejorative connotation, however).
So the meaning of the stanza wouldn't change it the words mentioned were used intead.
Bad customers are dissuaded by prices and good customers are dissuaded by poor service. The Rockefeller Corporation issued an interesting report of this situation short time ago in which it is shown that 14% of customers stop buying because they are not satisfied with the product and 68 % due to poor service.
The correct answer is A. Major Tallmadge developed a unique code system so that the Americans could send secret messages.
Explanation:
To find the central idea in a text, ask yourself what is the main idea the author expresses?. For example, in the passage presented the author focuses on the system Major Tallmadge created and how this system was very elaborated or complex, which is shown through details such as "He substituted digits for words" or "Tallmadge gave his agents a cipher". Moreover, the author implicitly suggests this was used for Americans to send secret messages as he mentions important American military leaders such as "Woodhull, Townsend, and General Washington" and shows how important was that the messages were only understood by few. In this context, the main idea is "Major Tallmadge developed a unique code system so that the Americans could send secret messages".
The correct answer is Quoting Similar Texts.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, in his autobiography used many sources and quoted several philosophers to support his argument. He revealed that the three major inspirations in his modern life were Leo Tolstoy's 'The Kingdom of God is Within You', John Ruskin's 'Unto This Last' and the poet Shrimad Rajchandra.
