You’re getting the points out as a string, and need to convert them to an int before doing any computation with it, ideally as soon as possible:
points = int(next_line(the_file))
in next_block should do the trick.
Also, you are not adding the points to the score, you’re replacing it.
total = sum(points + points)
score = total
should be
score += points
to add ‘points’ to ‘score’.
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solved TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: ‘int’ and ‘str’