Which statement about fairy tales suggests an indirect cause? a. jack killed the giant because he sold the cow for magic beans. b. sleeping beauty was warned to stay away from needles but did not listen. c. hansel and gretel went out into the woods and ended up getting lost. d. cinderella lost her glass slipper on the stairs precisely at midnight.

The correct answer is A. Jack killed the giant because he sold the cow for magic beans.

Jack's purchase of beans is not a cause of him killing the Giant, it's just a type of one thing led to another situation. While Sleeping Beauty did poke her finger because she didn't listen and Hansel and Gretel did get lost because they wondered through the woods carelessly. Even Cinderella lost the slipper at midnight because she didn't listen.