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Cinder adapts characters and situations from the folktale “Cinderella.” Read the following summary of the folktale.

Cinderella is poorly treated by her stepmother. She manages to attend a royal dance,
where the prince falls in love with her. She flees the ball at midnight, dropping one of her
glass slippers. Though she attended the ball in disguise, the prince is able to identify her
afterwards. To do so, he asks every woman in the kingdom to try on the slipper.
Cinderella is the only one whom the slipper fits. They marry and live happily ever after.

Which quotation from Cinder best shows its connection to the folktale “Cinderella”? Base your answer on the summary.
A. Sacha met Cinder’s gaze, knotted her lips, then grabbed her son by the arm and spun away.
B. “I can’t get her to turn on,” said Prince Kai, watching as Cinder examined the robot.
C. Leaning forward, Prince Kai picked up Cinder’s small metal foot from the worktable, turning it curiously over in his palms.
D. “I do not have a programming error!” said Iko from behind her.

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C.

This quote echoes the folktale’s iconic slipper scene: the prince examining Cinderella’s foot (here represented by Kai holding Cinder’s small metal foot) mirrors the prince trying the glass slipper to identify her.