B. Walked because it is an action.
As you know, this story reveals the problem of men's attitude towards women, especially this conflict shapes in relationships between husbands and their wives. So, at those times only a few men took women serious, mostly they were neglectful to women and didn't treat them like they were on a par. Even though you didn't give any options, I have got the answer and do hope it will help you: The shattered fruit jar symbolizes the broken and unhappy home in which Mrs. Wright lived.
D. Past It fits the sentence best, because you don't go through the school and the supermarket to get somewhere, you got past it.
Odysseus because he traveled everywhere facing new obstacles each time and then he returned back home.