Answer:
It may be "lazy" but I'm not entirely sure.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The correct answer among all the other choices is option D) The rhythm creates a sense of languor characteristic of winter. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help. 
        
             
        
        
        
The wife of this story fits the archetype of the wicked stepmother. It is actually mentioned that she is the stepmother of Hansel and Gretel, but she is also cruel and mean to them. 
When the family faced difficulties to procure daily bread, she proposes her husband to abandon their children in the forest to solve the problem. She is also cruel with Hansel when he said he was looking at his little white cat.
The wife is neither ingenuous nor a warrior.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The narrator was <u>10</u> when he is first infected with "puppy love".
Explanation:
Chapter Two begins with the narrator, Billy, at the age of 10 when he is first ‘infected’ with puppy love. He wants two dogs and they have to be a special kind and a special breed. He wants coon hounds but his father says they cannot afford them right now and his mother agrees.