Question

Fill in the blank with a relevant option:

1) Anne Frank began to keep a diary on her thirteenth birthday - June 12, 1942, three weeks before she went into hiding with her family and friends in the sealed-off upper rooms of the annex of her father’s office building in Amsterdam.
2) __________________.
3) They were, however, betrayed in August 1944 and were deported to the Nazi concentration camp.

a) With the assistance of a group of her father, Otto Frank’s trusted colleagues, they remained hidden for two years and one month.
b) Anne Frank was helped by her friends.
c) Anne died in Bergen-Belsen shortly before its liberation in April 1945.
d)Of the group of eight, only Otto Frank survived the war.

Answer 1

Hint: In the given sentences, a story is being told. Look at the clues given in the first and third sentences and they will lead you to the correct second sentence.

Complete answer:
 Let us deconstruct the given sentences in order to find out what they mean exactly. The first sentence tells us that the diary was begun by Anne Frank on her thirteenth birthday before they went into hiding. They were in the sealed-off upper rooms of her father’s office. This gives us more details about where they were.
Now, let us look at the third sentence. The third sentence tells us that they were betrayed by somebody and they were deported to a concentration camp. So, this tells us that there must have been middlemen who broke their trust. There must be a cause to this effect in the second sentence.

Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s look at the given options-
a) With the assistance of a group of her father, Otto Frank’s trusted colleagues, they remained hidden for two years and one month. - This sentence gives us more details about the middlemen. They had the chance to betray the Franks. This means that this sentence gives us the cause. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
b) Anne Frank was helped by her friends. - This sentence is just an addition to the first sentence. This does not provide a link to the third sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
c) Anne died in Bergen-Belsen shortly before its liberation in April 1945. - This sentence is an incorrect fit as the sentence seems like it should come after the third sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
d) Of the group of eight, only Otto Frank survived the war. - This sentence is an incorrect fit as the sentence seems like it should come after the third sentence. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note:
 The given sentences form a paragraph of sequences. Make sure that the second sentence fits in perfectly into the given blank. Then go through the given options and pick out the one that is the best fit.