Read the following excerpt from "Woman Who Helped Hide Anne Frank Dies at 100" by Teri Schultz.SCHULTZ: But Gies clearly was very special, even when someone still unknown betrayed those she called the hiders and they were taken away at gunpoint to death camps. Gies was not intimidated. She sneaked back into the secret hideaway to try to preserve any belongings of the Franks that hadn't been destroyed or taken. And there she found what would eventually become a treasure of the entire world.
Answer
A
to inform the audience of Gies’s remarkable acts
B
to persuade the audience to use Gies as a role model
C
to entertain the audience with Gies’s heroic acts
D
to teach the audience what a true hero really is
Explanation
The excerpt describes what Gies did after the people in hiding were discovered: she returned to the hideaway and tried to save the Franks’ belongings. These details give the audience information about her remarkable actions. The passage does not directly urge readers to imitate her or define what makes someone a hero, so A, “to inform the audience of Gies’s remarkable acts,” is the best answer.
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