1. Which sentence expresses a primary theme developed in the passage? A It is hard to take care of the elderly.
B Financial hardship can harm families.
C a relationship needs more than routine.
D Mothers and daughters cannot get along.

C. a relationship needs more than routine.

Explanation:

This question relates to short story, The Egyptian Tomb by Beatriz Espejo. In it we see a mother and daughter who have a routine Tuesday custom of going out to eat.

Inferences made in the passage show that both women are not particularly happy with the way this meeting keeps going as it feels like a mere routine that they abide by each time. This shows that for a relationship to truly be intimate or to have meaning, it needs to be more than just a routine that people get bored of and always look forward to an end of.

i would have to say "a" or "d".