How to understand informational text

True or false: a writer uses ellipses to indicate an omission or that something has been left out of a direct quote.

What do the excerpts have in common? both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents. both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the united states. both explain why most children want to leave central america without their parents. both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in central america must face.

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "