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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. About what do Mummy and Mrs. Van Daan always talk?

2. What is the one thing Peter admires about Anne?

3. Why are Dussel and Mr. Van Daan not speaking?

4. What was Peter not doing that evening that he would have time to talk with Anne?

5. What do the gentlemen do as they sit around listening to the radio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Anne is beginning to develop into a young woman. Give two examples of how the reader can see this in the diary entries.

2. What is the one thing that Anne desperately wants?

3. What are the differences in the conversations that the men have versus the women? About what do they each talk?

4. Anne has changed in this first section of March 7. How has she changed?

5. Why is Anne upset with her mother on March 17, 1944? What things is Mrs. Frank asking of her daughter?

6. What makes Peter so upset that he almost cries?

7. What other things besides her diary has Anne written?

8. Describe the scene with Bosche and Peter.

9. Anne has a busy day of reading on April 27th. About what does she begin to read?

10. Anne has many vivid dreams. Describe the two that she mentions on January 6, 1944.

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 has a very different relationship with each of her parents. Compare and contrast her relationships with each, and discuss how these relationships change over the course of their time in hiding.

Essay Topic 3

Anne is growing into a woman as the pages of her diary progress, but it doesn't seem that Anne is happy with how this is happening.

1. What are some of the main events what take place in Anne's transformation into a woman?

2. How does Anne see herself growing up?

3. What are Margot's expectations of Anne?

4. What are Mrs. Frank's expectations?

5. What are Mr. Frank's expectations?

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