Answer:
B. Mike wished that he could learn how <em><u>to cook</u></em> as well as his father one day.
Explanation:
If this is the Diary of Anne Frank, which I believe it is, my guess would be that she is either being critical or she genuinely wants to help them, A or B. It's been so long since I read this, but from what I can remember of Anne, she seems like the type to genuinely want to help them, so I'd guess B.
D that is because it is the information about a period, the place, and the event taht created, influenced, and formed the background to historical records
The Boer war was fought between the British and the Dutch settlers