The answer that best summarizes the central idea of the excerpt is Although Miep Gies never considered herself a hero; after the war, many other people did.
This excerpt describes some details about how Miep Gies helped Jews to hide from the Nazi movement and how she never saw her action as anything extraordinary which re-enforce the idea that she never considered herself a hero.
We don't have any other elements of information in this excerpt to select the other options as the correct answer.
Even though we do not have an actual question here, we can assume you want us to choose which of the lines functions as evidence that "Squeaky is always ready to defend her brother." In that case:
Answer:
"If anybody has anything to say to Raymond... they have to come by me."
Explanation:
Squeaky, whose name is actually Hazel, is the narrator in Toni Cade Bambara's short story "Raymond's Run". Hazel is a very smart and feisty little girl who has a brother with special needs, Raymond. She does not mind taking care of Raymond at all. Quite the opposite, Squeaky is always ready to defend him from anyone who ever tries to tease or offend him due to his being different. That's why she says, "If anybody has anything to say to Raymond... they have to come by me." She will not stand by and let other children make fun of Raymond.
<span>In "The Second Coming," the third-person speaker has a distinctly pessimistic view of the future. </span>
