It's 3. All the other answers are opinons and not provable by fact.
The expression, a chip off the old block means that people who resemble their parents in some way. For example, you could say <span>“Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a </span>chip off the old block<span>.”</span>
The correct answer to this question is the second one “to state the writers opinion”
Answer: In my opinion I would say yes there was love between them
Explanation:In this passage they seem to love each other because they both dance.But the way they dance is different from others. The feel as if they were meant to dance in each others arms the they were born just for each other.This is the quote that caught my attention: "And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in air inches below the ceiling, and they kissed each other for a long, long time." That's what makes me think they are in love.
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Bullion is money, specifically gold or silver that has been freshly mined but not cleaned and made into money.
Clues to the meaning include the fact that the kids need "3 dollars", the speaker doesn't know how they wanted all that "money" at one time, and they had to "raise" it, as in "raising money". When he says, "I hadn't any idea where to turn to raise all that bullion..." he means the 3 dollars.
