Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. When Don had a few pops in him, which was frequently, he felt the urge to fight even more... He
had taken his first drink in fifth grade, and by the time he was a senior had built up quite a
reputation for drinking. There was nothing exceptional about that in Odessa, where kids drank
freely, often with the tacit blessing of their parents, who saw it as a part of the macho mentality of
the place.
Which of the following themes is revealed in the below paragraph?
The cyclical nature of destructive behaviors
O The negative effects of social and parental pressure
The divisive effects of bigotry and racism
The "brotherhood" found in sports

in 1636, roger williams settled at the tip of narragansett bay after being banished from the massachusetts bay colony for his religious views, on land granted to him by the narragansett tribe. he called the site "providence plantation" and declared it a place of religious freedom.

explanation:

the following key ideas correctly express the key sentence.

restate key idea: most people can learn to swim in ten short lessons.

restate key idea: the majority of water-accident victims require mouth-to-mouth breathing.

restate key idea: an empty, tightly closed gallon jug will support a tired swimmer.  

restate key idea: first aid is to prevent accidents as well as assist in rescue.

explanation: the key idea needs to have the same topic as the key sentence (drowning and safety).

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia