Act I and Act II Scene 1

Read this part of the one of Anne’s speeches in The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I.

The best part about this room….you can look down and see a bit of the street and the canal. There’s a houseboat…you can see the end of it…a bargeman lives there with his family…They have a baby and he’s just beginning to walk and I’m so afraid he’ll fall into the canal. I watch him…

What is the most reasonable inference to draw about Anne’s personality from the details in this speech?

• She is nosy because she keeps an eye on the baby even though she does not know the bargeman and his wife.

• She is resourceful because she finds outside interests that take her mind off having to live in fear of Nazis

• She is foolish because she has established communications with outsiders in spite of being warned of the danger.

In scene 2, Peter rips off his Star of David, "What are you doing!" Anne says. Why did peter rip of the star?

• Wants to sew something else there instead
• Doesn't like the color
• Resents the fact that the Nazis make them wear it
• He wants to put it on something else

What was the secret annex hidden behind?

• Behind the stove
• Just a door
• The closet doors
• Swinging Bookshelf

What was Mr. Van Daan's biggest concern about Dussel joining them in the Annex?

• That no one will get along with him
• That Dussel will be too loud
• That he will take up too much room
• That there won't be enough food for everyone

Which word best describes Mr. Van Daan in Act 1? 

• honest
• brave
• helpful
• selfish

What was the name of the political party that Adolf Hitler controlled?

• Communists
• Nazis 
• Nasis
• KKK

In Act One, Mr. Frank feels he needs to repay the Van Daan family because Mr. Van Daan

• brought a large supply of food to the hiding place.

• aided the Frank family when they came to Holland.

• helped Anne and Margot with their school lessons.

• warned the Frank family to hide from the Nazis.

The news that Dussel shares about the outside world upsets the residents of the Annex because

• Dussel makes the situation sound worse than it really is

• Mr. Kraler had not told them that Jews were being rounded up.

• Dussel confirms that people think the Franks are in Switzerland.

• Everyone had hoped for a visit from Anne’s best friend Jopie.

Why are the Franks and the Van Daans now short on food?

• Mr. Kraler and Miep stop bringing them food

• They have to give everything to the blackmailer.

• Peter keeps giving everything to Mouschi.

• The people they got the ration books from have been arrested.

In Act 2 scene 1, what are Anne and Peter getting ready to do together?

• Do their school work

• Go to a movie

• Have a date

• Cook dinner together for the family