WorksheetsAnne Frank Act 1
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is another name for a play?
cast
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drama
What is another name for an author of a play?
script
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What is another name for the text of a play?
playwright
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What is another name for the instructions about how actors should move and behave?
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stage directions
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Act 1 begins in 1945, after the war, with Mr. Frank and Miep talking in the secret annex. Mr. Frank finds and starts reading Anne's diary, which triggers a ____ to the beginning of the war for the rest of Act 1.
drama
playwright
flashback
alliteration
How old is Anne when they go into hiding?
12
13
14
15
What is Peter's cat's name?
Mouschi
Moo-shu
Missy
Mushy
The events in Act One, Scene 1 when Miep gives Anne’s diary to Mr. Frank, occur
in the early days of the war.
during the war
just before the war begins.
after the war has ended.
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.
What job do Miep and Mr. Kraler do for the Frank family?
They bring food, supplies, and news.
They try to help them escape Holland.
They buy Mr. Frank’s spice business.
They give ration books to the poor.
Why must the people living in the Annex remain quiet during the day?
There is concern that Nazi soldiers might hear them.
Anne, Margot, and Peter need quiet in order to study
Any noise might reveal that they are in the building.
Mr. Frank wants them to be able to listen for intruders.
Why is Peter glad to remove the yellow star from his clothing when he arrives at the Annex?
He wishes that he were no longer Jewish.
He believes that the Nazis branded him with it
He dislikes the outdoors and is glad to stay inside.
He wants to forget friends who had similar stars.
A problem that results from Mr. Dussel’s arrival is
he forces the Van Daan’s to leave.
Peter becomes jealous of him.
Anne has to share her room with him.
Mr. Frank can no longer be in charge.
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.
In Scene 4, Anne screams at night because she
is frustrated that she cannot go to the movies.
does not like having Dussel in her room.
hears an intruder in the building below.
dreams the Nazis have come to arrest her.
Anne surprises everyone during the Hanukkah celebration by
giving everyone a gift.
knowing all of the prayers.
acting kindly to Peter.
lighting the candles.
Why does the thief who breaks into the office downstairs create a problem for the people hiding in the Annex?
The thief took money that they needed to buy food.
The thief ruined their Hanukkah celebration.
The thief heard noise and knows someone is there.
The thief left a door open and cold air is getting in.
Which of the following is not something that Mr. Frank tells the others that they must do during the day to be sure they will be safe?
be completely quiet
move in stockinged feet
only lay on the floor and read books
do not use the sink or the toilet
Select all of the options below that show tensions are growing in the secret annex:
Anne and Peter argue when he calls her “Mrs. Quack Quack”
Margot studies her books quietly
Anne argues with her mother over her attitude toward the Van Daan’s
Anne has nightmares about the Nazis finding them
Which character said: "I'm a terrible coward. I'm so disappointed in myself. I think I've conquered my fear... I think I'm really grown-up... and then something happens... and I run to you like a baby" (Goodrich and Hackett 313)
Mr. Frank
Peter
Anne
Margot
At the beginning of scene 4, the stage directions describe Mr. Van Daan sneaking down to where the food is stored. This is an example of
situational irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
no irony
Which character said: "Things have changed. People aren't like that anymore. 'Yes mother' 'No, mother.' 'Anything you say, Mother.' I've got to fight things out for myself! Make something of myself!" (Goodrich and Hackett 301).
Anne
Margot
Peter
Dussel
Which character said, "Why aren't you nice and quiet like your sister Margot? Why do you have to show off all the time? Let me give you a little advice, young lady. Men don't like that kind of thing in a girl. You know that? A man likes a girl who'll listen to him once and a while..." (Goodrich and Hackett 300)
Mr. Frank
Mr. Dussel
Meip
Mr. Van Daan
Which character said: "I'm sort of a lone wolf" (Goodrich and Hackett 288)
Mr. Frank
Mr. Van Daan
Anne
Peter
