Central Idea - The main point of a book. You would find these most likely or mainly in informational texts. These are not found in novels or fictional books. You would find these in fact based books.
Message - (Also known as theme) Message is the main moral of point of the story.The theme is the big idea.
Theme is found in a fictional book or novel, not in a fact based book. Central ideas are found in fact based books.
The first one is D:The mother of the dead man. The second one is A:Detached i just did this and it gives me the right answers once i turn it in. homed schooled hope this helps have a nice nite