A young boy travels through the woods alone to find an
ancient treasure. Along the way, he battles different
creatures who tempt him. A forest nymph delights his
nose with a meal of delectable fruits. A motherly fairy
entices him to rest in a cozy bed. Finally, a sly fox promises
to warm him with a coat made of fine fur. The boy denies
each creature's gift and continues to seek the treasure
until he finds it and returns home.
What negative cultural value does the fox most likely represent?
O A. Materialism
OB. Wastefulness
O C. Enemy hospitality
O D. Old age

Due to inference of a fur coat being expensive, this fits pretty well if the word "materialism" itself was an object. The fox offers the boy something of luxury and riches, which he denied. Materialism fits great with the fur coat since we normally think of money when we see it, perhaps.

The fur coats represents wealth, aka materialism.

(Sorry if this does not me sense lol, its 2:00 AM for me pfftt)

((excuse any typos, sorry!)

Reasons why its not:

B. Wastfulness- the coat would be put to use if the accepted it, so its not wasteful.

C. Enemy Hospitality- nothing in the excerpt says the fox did anything hostile to the boy. thus making an enemy. Only that the fox was sly. The only thing the fox did was offer him a coat.

D. Old age- Fur coats in movies maybe shown worn on older. and elder people of high class ( more reason for why its A!), but it doesn't not mean that fur coats represent old age in general. Fur coats are for anyone. really. How would it show old age??

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG AHAHA I'LL SLEEP NOW