Read the following excerpt from "woman who
hide anne frank dies at 100" by teri schultz.
which answer best paraphrases the central idea of this
excerpt?
sen, just a very common person.
simply had no choice. i could foresee many, many
sleepless nights and a life filled with regret if i would have
refused to the franks. and this was not the kind of life
i was looking for at all.
miep's conscience would not let her deny the
frank family.
o miep was a very good individual who felt the need to
the franks.
o miep did not consider herself to be an extraordinary
human being.
miep did not want to suffer from sleepless nights for the
rest of her life.

Miep's conscience would not let her deny helping the Frank family.

Explanation:

Miep did not consider herself a particularly outstanding person, but she knew that if she did not help the Frank family that her conscience would not leave her in peace and she would regret the decision for the rest of her life.

The other options are not correct because they do not capture the overwhelming point of the excerpt which is to emphasize that Miep helped the Franks because he conscience told her that it was the right thing to do.

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.