Read the excerpt from the beginning of Act II of The Diary of Anne Frank.

[In the darkness we hear Anne’s Voice, again reading from the diary.] . . . We have been here now for one year, five months and twenty-five days. It seems that our life is at a standstill. [The curtain rises on the scene. . . . Anne is seated at the center table, writing in her diary. . . . Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and Dussel are all in their own rooms, reading or lying down.]

How do the stage directions show that little has changed since Act I?
A. The stage directions describe the same characters and hiding place.
B. The stage directions show that Anne is no longer interested in writing.
C. The stage directions show that Anne still likes to read aloud.