1.
PART A: How does the plot develop the theme of the story?

A
Yollie’s embarrassment at the dance makes her believe that money can provide happiness.
B
Despite the unfortunate events at the dance, Yollie realizes that her mother does her best to make her happy.
C
When Yollie is unable to buy the things she wants, she understands the importance of finding a good job.
D
After Yollie dances with Ernie, she realizes that he doesn’t care how expensive her clothes are.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

which sentence refers to a dynamic character?

b.

a man learns empathy after working with those he formerly judged.

hope this answers your question!