9. It's true. Her stepmother and stepsisters are ____ clothes.

1. The sentence contrasts Cinderella's situation with her stepfamily's.

2. The options describe the qualities of clothes.

3. Given the context of Cinderella's poverty and the stepfamily's likely extravagance, "ugly; expensive" or "lovely; expensive" are plausible. However, the typical narrative portrays the stepfamily as ostentatious.