Do you think saving the kids from the fire makes up for the murder of Bob?

No, Bob is still dead.

Explanation:

Saving the lives of unrelated children cannot bring Bob back to life.

answer: the four parts of the "australian ballot" 1. the ballot paper is printed at public expense. 2. the ballot paper lists all candidates by position, as well as any other propositions. 3. ballot papers are distributed only at the polling place. 4. ballot papers are filled out by the voter in private. (secret ballot).

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.