Key: B

Analysis: Paragraph \( 3 \) explains the woman’s action and its result: she “decided to make the hen eat more” so it would lay more eggs, but the result was that the hen died and did not lay more eggs. This paragraph is mainly about what the woman did to the hen and the consequence.

A. Incorrect: the paragraph mentions eggs, but the focus is not describing the eggs; it is describing the woman’s action.

B. Correct: it directly discusses her decision and action toward the hen.

C. Incorrect: “what the hen did for the woman” is more related to laying a silver egg earlier, not the focus here.

D. Incorrect: it does not detail what food the hen eats; only that it was made to eat more.

E. Incorrect: the reason for wanting more eggs is stated earlier, not mainly discussed in this paragraph.

Key: B

Analysis: The text says the woman made the hen eat more, and “the hen died of indigestion.” Indigestion happens when someone eats too much or cannot digest properly. So the hen died because it ate too much.

A. Incorrect: the hen did not die from eating nothing; it was made to eat more.

B. Correct: the cause (indigestion) is linked to eating too much.

C. Incorrect: it did not lay more eggs at all after the incident.

D. Incorrect: no injury is mentioned.

E. Incorrect: the text emphasizes overeating/indigestion, not direct forcing to lay eggs.

Key: C

Analysis: The woman was not satisfied with one silver egg per day. She wanted the hen to lay more than one egg each day so she would “never have to work again.” Because of this desire for more and more benefit, she overfed the hen, which caused its death. This behavior reflects greed.

A. Incorrect: “active” is not supported; the text highlights desire for easy wealth, not activity.

B. Incorrect: “miserly” means unwilling to spend; the story is about wanting more profit, not stinginess.

C. Correct: wanting excessive gain (more eggs to avoid work) shows greed.

D. Incorrect: no anger is shown.

E. Incorrect: she caused harm indirectly, but the trait emphasized is greed, not being “dangerous.”

Key: B

Analysis: “Persuaded” means to convince someone to do something by influencing them, not by forcing. Among the options, “influenced” is the closest meaning.

A. Incorrect: “commanded” implies forcing with authority, not persuading.

B. Correct: “influenced” matches the idea of convincing by influence.

C. Incorrect: unrelated meaning.

D. Incorrect: “brought” is not related to convincing.

E. Less accurate: “told” is simply instructing, not persuading.