Excerpt from The Shepherd’s Lute: A Chinese Folktale
Natalie Stewart

2) Chao, however, didn’t like Jiang. He hated Jiang’s lute playing and the way the villagers admired Jiang. Although Jiang was an excellent person and a hard worker, Chao fired Jiang from his job and smashed the lute into pieces.
In paragraph 2, which feeling do the words fired and smashed illustrate about Chao?
A) his bad temper
B) his hurt feelings
C) his horrible fear
D) his great respect