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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Westerbork?

2. What does Dussel sound like when he sleeps?

3. Who says, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"?

4. What is a call-up notice?

5. Who is the person Anne sees in her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Anne's hands shake terribly? What has happened at the Annexe?

2. Why does Anne's father want to give her a Bible? Why does he decide to give it to her on St. Nicolas Day?

3. Anne gets news of the outside world and what is happening to the Jews who are caught. What are some of the things that are happening?

4. What do the Franks do in preparation for moving into their hiding place?

5. Anne upsets her mother very much by something she says. What does Anne say to her mother? What does Anne's mother reply?

6. Describe the scene with Mr. Van Daan and the sausage.

7. Describe the Van Daans

8. What did Anne do at her birthday party?

9. What does Anne take to help her with her depression? What does she think would help more?

10. How does the group celebrate Mrs. Van Daan's birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anne seems to know a lot about the history of the area, as well as of the events which are taking place in the world around them.

1. What happens at the beginning of the story that causes the Franks to changes their lives?

2. Why does Mr. Frank decide it's time to go into hiding?

3. What sources of information does Anne and the other occupants of the Annexe have?

Essay Topic 2

Anne's thoughts on the the opposite sex change vastly from the beginning of the diary to the end.

1. What are Anne's thoughts and feelings about boys in the beginning?

2. What does she feel about boys as the diary progresses?

Essay Topic 3

How does Anne's Jewish faith help her as she grows up in the Annexe? How does it hurt her? In general, how do the occupants of the Annexe use faith to help them make it through the long days and years?

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