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The Diary of a Young Girl (Pages 9-97)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Anne, she starts writing in a diary because she…

a)

has a crush on a boy

b)

has no real friend

c)

hopes to become famous after her death

d)

suffers from anxiety and needs an emotional outlet

2.

Why does Mr. Keptor, the math instructor, get annoyed with Anne during class?

a)

Anne is a chatterbox who talks too much.

b)

Anne is mean-spirited toward the boy in the tattered coat.

c)

Anne learns quickly and is easily bored as a result.

d)

Anne routinely fails to remember her homework.

3.

What incident finally pushes the Frank household to go into hiding?

a)

The Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) takes place.

b)

Mrs. Frank is handled roughly by the German police while standing in line for groceries.

c)

One of the Frank family members receives a call-up notice from the S.S.

d)

Mr. Van Daan hears an announcement on public radio that warns the remaining Jews to take cover immediately.

4.

What nickname does Anne assign to her diary?

a)

Margot

b)

Kitty

c)

Moortje

d)

Diary

5.

True or False: Anne is informed about the atrocities being committed by Hitler while in hiding?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of the following excerpts allows the reader to infer that Anne is hard-headed?

a)

“Mummy is frightfully irritable and that always seems to herald unpleasantness for me.”

b)

“Why does she force me to be pious, just to oblige her?”

c)

“Tomorrow we are going to light the fire for the first time. I expect we shall be suffocated with smoke.”

d)

“I would have given Margot the book myself, and much more quickly, if Mummy and Daddy hadn’t interfered.”

7.

When the families decide to take in an eighth Jew to hide, they choose…

a)

Albert Dussel, a dentist

b)

Kitty Van Daan, a local performer

c)

Leonard Churchill, a neighborhood rabbi

d)

Moshe Aranowicz, Otto Franks’ former coworker

8.

Why are often Mr. Van Daan's "hands smothered in blood"?

a)

He has killed the terrifying predator (a rat).

b)

He has fallen from the top rung of the narrow staircase.

c)

He has been preserving meat in case of hard times. (

d)

He has assisted in the birth of Margot’s premature baby boy.

9.

Who was Mr. Dussel’s first “patient” in the hiding place?

a)

Anne

b)

Peter

c)

Mr. Frank

d)

Mrs. Van Daan

10.

How does Anne feel she is treated while they are in hiding?

a)

She is constantly scolded

b)

She is compared often to Margot

c)

She feels like she doesn't fit in

d)

All of the above

11.

What evidence reveals to the reader that Anne is truly hurt by the treatment she receives within the hiding place?

a)

She stubbornly goes a full week without making eye contact with any of the others.

b)

She stubbornly goes a full week without making eye contact with any of the others.

c)

She often sleeps on a pillow that is wet with tears, her eyes burning and her head throbbing.

d)

She scripts a long and melodramatic letter describing her treatment and leaves it for the housemates to find.

12.

What frightens Anne and makes her wish she could pack a bag to leave?

a)

Her parents fighting

b)

A rat biting her arm

c)

Air raid strikes

d)

The new owner inspection

13.

Anne is closest to her father among all the housemates. However, when the machine-gun fire terrifies Anne on a night without electricity, who lights a candle (against her father’s wishes) to comfort her?

a)

Mr. Van Daan

b)

Mrs. Frank

c)

Margot

d)

Mr. Dussel

14.

When sounds of a fallen barrel and someone fumbling about at the door are heard in the warehouse below, the families assume…

a)

the S.S. have discovered the hiding place

b)

the warehouse cat is fighting another tomcat

c)

a thief made the noises

d)

another Jew is seeking a hiding place

15.

What does Anne do that causes her mother to spend half the night crying and unable to sleep?

a)

Anne rejects her mother rudely when she offers to say prayers in Pim’s place.

b)

Anne tells her mother that she knows her mother loves Margot more.

c)

Anne tells her father that she knows it is her mother’s fault they had not evacuated when they should have.

d)

Anne intentionally leaves her diary out so her mother will find and read it.

16.

What “time-killing” activities does Anne use to make the days go by as quickly as possible?

a)

bean art and exercising

b)

learning French and 3-string guitar

c)

shorthand practice and studying Mythology

d)

studying Morse code and grooming Peter’s cat

17.

What supplies are the families running out of?

a)

Toilet Paper

b)

Shampoo

c)

Hair, Tooth, and Shaving Brushes

d)

All of the Above

18.

Why has Mr. Voskuijl (one of the people helping the families in hiding) been ill?

a)

Stomach ulcers

b)

Cancer

c)

Infection after being shot

d)

Covid-19

19.

What do Anne and Mr. Dussel have a big fight about?

a)

Who can use the table to study

b)

Mr. Dussel's loud snoring

c)

Anne's immaturity and nonstop talking

d)

Who can have the last slice of cake

20.

Now that it has been a year, what does Anne notice about her days in hiding?

a)

They are going slower

b)

They are going faster

c)

They are becoming routine

d)

They aren't as bad as she originally feared