Read the following excerpt from "Woman Who Helped Hide Anne Frank Dies at 100" by Teri Schultz.

TERI SCHULTZ: Miep Gies said she did not like being called a hero. Yet, she risked her life many times over to help the Frank family during the two years they hid from the Nazis in a secret annex built into the Trading Company office in Amsterdam where she'd worked for Otto Frank almost a decade.
Providing refuge to Jews, she noted later, carried a punishment of at least six months in a concentration camp. Still, the Austrian-born Dutch woman, knighted by the governments of Germany and the Netherlands, recipient of a medal from Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, always insisted she had done nothing extraordinary.

Which answer best summarizes the central idea of the excerpt?

After the war, Miep Gies received many honors for her attempts to save the Frank family.
Miep Gies provided refuge to a Jewish family, even though she could have been punished.
Although Miep Gies never considered herself a hero; after the war, many other people did.
Miep Gies was knighted by two governments and received a medal from Yad Vashem.

Miep Gies risked her life to provide refuge to the Frank family during the Holocaust, despite the potential punishment she could have faced.

The central idea of the excerpt is that Miep Gies provided refuge to a Jewish family, even though she could have been punished.

The central idea of the excerpt is that Miep Gies provided refuge to a Jewish family, despite the potential risks and punishment she could have faced. This is evident from the statement that she risked her life many times over to help the Frank family and that providing refuge to Jews carried a punishment of at least six months in a concentration camp. The other statements in the answer choices are not directly supported by the information in the excerpt.