WorksheetsAnne Frank Act 2 Scene 1 Test
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
What year does Act 2 Scene 1 begin?
January 1944
December 1943
March 1945
September 1944
Which two characters are struggling with illness in this scene?
Miep and Mr. Dussel
Margot and Miep
Margot and Mr. Kraler
Mr. Kraler and Mr. Dussel
What is written on the cake that Miep brings in this scene?
Peace in 1933
Happy New Year!
Peace in 1943
Peace in 1944
Which character does Mr. Dussel want to cut the cake?
Mrs. Van Daan
Mr. Van Daan
Miep
Mrs. Frank
Why does Mr. Dussel want Mrs. Frank to cut the cake?
Because she gives even portions
Because he has feelings for her
Because she will cut him a bigger slice
Mrs. Frank made the cake
What bad news does Mr. Kraler bring?
The Nazis discovered their hiding place.
Another person will be joining them in the annex.
He suspects that they are being blackmailed.
Mouschi was hit by a car.
What does Margot say that upsets Mrs. Frank?
She says that sometimes she wishes that they would just be caught.
She said that she will leave the annex.
She announces that she and Peter are dating.
She says that she does not want to share a room with Anne.
What does Mr. Van Daan do to upset Mrs. Van Daan?
He tells her he wants a divorce.
He tries to sell her fur coat.
He makes Peter get rid of Mouschi.
He spends all of their money.
How does Mr. Frank solve the problem of the blackmailer?
He pays him the full amount.
He tells Mr. Kraler to ignore it.
He tells Mr. Kraler to offer him half.
He tells Mr. Kraler to report him to the Nazis.
Why is Mr. Kraler in the hospital?
He is there visiting his wife.
He has ulcers.
He is trying to avoid being sent to a concentration camp.
Peter. She left her cake. (He starts for Anne’s room with the cake. There is silence in the main room. Mrs. Van Daan goes up to her room, followed by Van Daan. Dussel stays looking out the window. Mr. Frank brings Mrs. Frank her cake. She eats it slowly, without relish. Mr. Frank takes his cake to Margot and sits quietly on the sofa beside her. Peter stands in the doorway of Anne’s darkened room, looking at her, then makes a little movement to let her know he is there. Anne sits up, quickly, trying to hide the signs of her tears. Peter holds out the cake to her.) You left this.
Anne (dully). Thanks.
(Peter starts to go out, then comes back.)
Peter. I thought you were fine just now. You know just how to talk to them. You know just how to say it. I’m no good . . . I never can think . . . especially when I’m mad . . . That Dussel . . . when he said that about Mouschi . . . someone eating him . . . all I could think is . . . I wanted to hit him. I wanted to give him such a . . . a . . . that he’d . . . That’s what I used to do when there was an argument at school . . . That’s the way I . . . but here . . . And an old man like that . . . it wouldn’t be so good.
At the end of Act 2, Scene 1, Peter's feelings towards Anne are changing. What do you infer from Peter's actions and words? Cite evidence from the script above.
Why do you think that Anne has such different relationships with her father and mother?
