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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. Who goes down to investigate the sound from down below the apartment?

2. What does Mr. Frank pick up when he enters the stage at the beginning of the play?

3. What does Mr. Frank tell Anne there are no locks for?

4. What is the name of the institution helping people in hiding?

5. Who leads the families in the first holiday ritual celebrated while in hiding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Dussel say when Mr. Van Daan complains about the rations?

2. What does everyone do after Mrs. Van Daan criticizes Mr. Dussel during the Hannukah celebration?

3. What happens with the phone in the office on the day the families are captured?

4. What does Anne give to Mrs. Van Daan, and how does she make it?

5. What does Anne tell Peter is the worst part of hiding for her?

6. Why does Mr. Frank move to Holland?

7. What happens a few weeks after Anne writes about rats stealing their food?

8. What does Anne write about in her diary at the beginning of Act 2?

9. What does Anne ask Margot before she visits with Peter, and how does Margot respond?

10. What does Anne say she wants to do with her life after the food thief is found?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a major motivating factor for a number of characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by this, and what are some of the different ways this fear is manifested?

Essay Topic 2

Protection is a strong theme in this story. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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