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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 the name of the institution helping people in hiding?

2. What does Mr. Frank do when he picks up the item at the beginning of the play?

3. How old is the girl who comes to help Mr. Frank at the beginning of the book?

4. Who wakes Anne up on the day they go into hiding?

5. What is the name of the man who helps Mr. Frank during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne tell her father when they are alone after her nightmare?

2. What happens when Peter and Anne take off their yellow stars?

3. What does Anne do as the doors of the hiding place are knocked down?

4. How does Mr. Dussel respond when someone is caught stealing food?

5. What does Anne write about in her journal after Mr. Dussel moves into her room?

6. What does Mr. Frank say to comfort Mrs. Van Daan when they meet at the hiding place?

7. What happens when Anne gets a box from her father on their first day in hiding?

8. What does Anne say about the world on the day she and her family are captured?

9. Why does Anne say she is being so mean to the other people in the house after her nightmare?

10. Who divides up the remaining food after the thief has been caught, and what does Margot say about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by despair, and how does this change the course of the plot branches they are involved in?

Essay Topic 3

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and it is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

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