The theme of the story is to not trust everything that's out there. In the beginning of the story, Derek believed that he was going to be able to get a Gamebox 9000 for free by doing all of these requirements. By the third tier, that is when he realized that it was all a scam. This story shows readers that not everything should be trusted.
She is willing to do anything to give a gift to Jim
The statement about connecting paragraphs which is correct is A. You can use a pointing word that refers to a word in the previous paragraph.
C is incorrect because it isn't forbidden to do so, although it is frowned upon. D is incorrect because that is not enough. B doesn't even have an answer.
