Answer: b. Lightly
Explanation:The other two questions 
2. D. worrisome
3. B. omniscient narrator 
 
        
             
        
        
        
<span>“benevolence”
The definition of benevolence is 'kindness, the quality of being well meaning'. This definition does not indicate that the writer is referring at all to any sort of animal or animalistic qualities in the way that 'cub', 'weasel' and 'scratching' do to describe an animal.</span>
        
                    
             
        
        
        
"chicken and dumplings" is the appositive in this sentence.