Part A In the diary entry from Saturday, June 20, 1942, in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne writes that "paper is more patient than man."

Which sentence best analyzes the meaning of her statement?

Anne is revealing that people would accept her words if they had enough time to listen.

Anne is saying that a diary will accept her words even when people won't.

Anne is stating that she does not want to write in a diary, but she does not confide in people, who are judgmental.

Anne is declaring that she has no choice but to write in a diary because people don't have enough time to listen to her.
Question 2
Part B

Which excerpt best supports the answer in Part A?

"I don't want to set down a series of bald facts in a diary like most people do . . ."

"No one will grasp what I'm talking about if I begin my letters to Kitty just out of the blue, so, albeit unwillingly, I will start by sketching in brief the story of my life."

"I can never bring myself to talk of anything outside the common round."

"I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of 'diary,' to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares."