Choose the best option: Little Pea’s father was a ……… and her mother died when she was young.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Once a poor farmer had a daughter named Little Pea. After his wife died, the farmer married again. His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died of a broken heart. Summer came and went. In the fall, the village held its harvest festival. That year, everyone was excited as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village. Stout Nut’s mother made her new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none. However, before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes. As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes and lost it. When the prince found the shoe, he decided to marry he girl who owned it. Of course the shoe fitted Little Pea, and the prince immediately fell in love with her.

Little Pea’s father was a ……… and her mother died when she was young.

• A. rich farmer
• B. poor farmer
• C. rich worker
• D. poor worker