Anne Frank Act II Review

What do you think Mr. Frank means in this passage ?

Anne's voice: In spite of everything I still believe people are really good at heart. (Mr. Frank slowly closes the diary)

Mr. Frank: She puts me to shame.

• He doesn't believe that people are good at heart and he is ashamed of this feeling

• He wishes that he had been a better father.

• He is ashamed that he wasn't able to keep his family safe.

• He regrets not taking Anne's diary with them.

What is Margot's motivation for saying "Sometimes I wish the end would come" in Act 2?

• She wants the others to feel sorry for her.

• She wants someone to give her more food.

• She wants to make Anne angry.

• She wants to stop living in fear.

What is Anne's motivation for kissing Mrs. Van Daan?

• She wants to hide her embarrassment that Peter kissed her.

• She doesn't want Mrs. Van Daan to know that Peter kissed her.

• She is happy that Peter kissed her.

• She feels guilty for having hurt Mrs. Van Daan's feelings.

In this line, why does Mrs. Frank call the other people her "guests"?

Mrs. Frank: That I should speak that way to you!...Our friends!...our guests! (She starts to cry again)

• Mr. Frank made the attic rooms available to the Van Daans.

• She and Mr. Frank are the ones who have been buying all the food.

• The Franks were the first to arrive in the attic

• She and Mr. Frank are offering cognac to the others.

Late in Act 2, why do the dwellers get less food?

• The Nazis are trying to starve them out.

• Miep has decided it is too dangerous to bring them more food.

• The people supplying their ration books have been arrested.

• There is no more food in Amsterdam.

What effects does the landing of Allied troops in Normandy have on the attic inhabitants?

• The are terrified.

• They are filled with joy.

• They are sad they will be freed.

• They are filled with anxiety.

What does Peter mean in this conversation with Anne?

Anne: You're making a mistake about me. I do it all wrong. I say too much, I go too far. I hurt people's feelings...

Peter: I think you're just fine..what I want to say...if it wasn't for you around here, I don't know.

• He means that the situation is worse because Anne is there.

• He means that the situation is better because Anne is there.

• He means that it doesn't matter whether or not Anne is there.

• He means that he doesn't know whether or not Anne helps the situation.

Which event occurs due to the theft of the radio in Act2?

• The attic dwellers never hear about the invasion of Normandy

• Anne and Peter become better friends.

• Mr. Kraler has to have an operation.

• The thief tells the Nazis that people are living in the attic.

What does the man from Utrecht (Carl) ask from Mr. Kraler?

• He wants extra ration books from Mr. Kraler.

• He wants twenty guilders more each week.

• He wants to know why Mr. Kraler is working on the weekends.

• He wants his friends to be hired.

What external motivation strengthens Anne and Peter's relationship?

• The teasing both endured from their classmates.

• Being forced by the Nazis to hide in the attic.

• The time they spent together at school.

• Their shared fear of the future.