Read this story and use it to answer the question.
Once there was a poor woodcutter. He could barely feed his two children, Hansel and Gretel. One night after the children had gone to bed, their stepmother said, "We will soon starve if we keep feeding those children of yours! We should take them into the woods and leave them."
The father refused. Later, he changed his mind. He told his wife he would take the children to the woods. Hansel overheard his father and stepmother talking. When they had gone to bed, he filled his pockets with small white pebbles.
The next morning the stepmother told the children, "Come with us to the forest to cut wood." As they walked along, Hansel walked slower than the others did. He secretly dropped his pebbles along the path. When they were deep in the woods, their father built a fire. He told them to wait until he returned. The children soon fell asleep. When they awoke, the fire had gone out, and it was dark. Gretel started to cry. Hansel showed Gretel the trail of pebbles, shining in the moonlight.
Why did the stepmother want to leave the children in the woods?
Question 16 options:
The children did not like their parents.
The stepmother did not like the children's father.
There was not enough food for them all.
She wanted them to gather food for dinner.