The correct answer is A.
In Wright's "The Man Who Was Almost a Man," a seventeen year old, wants to buy a gun to get the respect he feels he deserves and to show that he is no longer a child.
However, when he has to ask money to buy the gun, he decides to ask his mother instead of his father because he knows his father will immediately say no.
This reflects that Dave and his father do not have a close relationship since Dave doesn't feel that his father would listen to him and consider his request.
A compound adjective<span> is a single </span>adjective<span> made up of more than one word (e.g., two-seater aircraft, free-range eggs). The words in a </span>compound adjective<span> are often linked together with a hyphen (or hyphens) to show they are part of the same </span>adjective<span>.</span>
The answer is b, thinking skills
