1. The document contains multiple choice questions about Act II of Anne Frank's diary. 2. It asks about various character's behaviors and what can be inferred from conversations and passages in the diary. 3. The questions cover topics like how certain characters' actions reflect their character, what threats a blackmailer would pose to those hiding, and what is meant by certain quotes and exchanges between Anne and other characters.

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Anne Frank Act II multiple choice
______ When Miep brings the cake, Mr. Dussel requests that Mrs. Frank, not Mrs. Van Daan, cut thepieces.WhenPeter
talks about his missingcat,Mr. Dussel says that someone outside probably ate it.WhenMrs. Van Daan tries to stop
Mr. Van Daan from sellingherfur coat,Mr. Dussel says he is amazedthat anyonein times like thesewouldworry
about a coat. What do these examples say about Mr. Dussel’s character?
He is outspoken andhonest, nomatterwhat happens.
He picks on things that people care foror aresensitiveabout.
He does not see himself as responsible for tellingpeople what’s right andwhat’s wrong.
He feels sorry about the situationthat theyall findthemselves in.
On the line, write theletter of theonebest answer.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Critical Reading
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A.
______ What can youinferfromthe following conversation?
MR. VAN DAAN: You’re still f eeling badly ? What does y our doctor say ?
MR. K RALER: I hav en’t been to him.
MRS. F RANK: Now, Mr. Kraler! . . .
MR. K RALER: [Sitting at the table] Oh, I tried. But y ou can’t get near a doctor
these day s . . . they ’re so busy .
Doctors arebusy treatingpeople injuredin thewar.
The flumust be goingaround.
The doctors just don’t want totreat Mr.Kraler.
Since there is no medicine anyway, the doctors are avoidingpatients.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
______ Why is a blackmailer such a terrible threat tothe people in the attic?
I. A blackmailer will come back again and again.
II. A blackmailer may decide he wants to liv e in the attic also.
III. A blackmailer alway s has a strong desire to protect the people he’s blackmailing.
IV. A blackmailer can drain them of all their money and still turn them in.
3.
I andII II andIII
III andIV I andIV
a. b.
c. d.
______ What does Peter mean in thefollowingexchange between himandAnne?
ANNE: You’re making a big mistake about me. I do it all wrong. I say too much.
I go too f ar. I hurt people’s f eelings . . .
PETER: I think y ou’re just f ine . . . What I want to say . . . if it wasn’t f or y ou around here, I don’t know.
What
I mean . . .
that the situationis worse because Anne is there
that it doesn’t matter one way or theother whether Anne is there
that the situationis better because Anne is there
that he doesn’t knowwhetheror not Anne helps the situation
a.
b.
c.
d.
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2. Anne Frank Act II multiple choice
______ Ifyou want to envision this scene, which ofyour senses is most useful?
[The sound of children play ing outside f ades out. In the main room Dussel can
stand it no longer. He jumps up, going to the bedroom door and knocking
sharply ]
5.
touch hearing
smell taste
a. b.
c. d.
______ Why doesn’t Mrs. Frank stop Mrs. Van Daan from making comments about Anne and Peter?
Mrs. Frank doesn’t want to lower herself to Mrs. Van Daan’s level of behavior.
Mrs. Frank has learned to ignore anything that Mrs. Van Daan says.
Mrs. Frank is not the kind of person to start fights.
Mrs. Van Daan says the remarks softly so that Mrs. Frank can’t hear them.
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
______ To which of the senses does this passage most clearly appeal?
[There is complete quiet. In the Van Daans’ room a match f lares up f or a
moment and then is quickly put out.]
7.
hearing and taste sight and touch
taste and touch hearing and sight
a. b.
c. d.
______ Why is Mr. Van Daan’s theft of the bread such a serious offense?
There is little food, so everyone is hungry—not just Mr. Van Daan.
It doesn’t make sense because he’s had plenty to eat already.
The stresses of living together make a small matter seem much more important than it is.
Mr. Van Daan denies he’s been stealing, even after he’s caught in the act.
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
______ Which words in this passage appeal most strongly to the sense of sight?
[Miep comes running up the steps ahead of Mr. Frank. She has a man’s raincoat
on ov er her nightclothes and a bunch of orange-colored f lowers in
her hand.]
9.
raincoat, orange-colored flowers running, steps
steps, hand bunch, hand
a. b.
c. d.
______ When news of the invasion of Normandy arrives, everyone is thrilled. Why do they feel that way?
They do not like the French and are glad their country has been invaded.
It means that new forces have arrived to fight the Germans, and the war might end soon.
They know the Americans will bring chocolate and other treats.
They’ve always wanted to see Churchill and Eisenhower.
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
______ In this passage, why does Mrs. Frank call the other people her “ guests”?
MRS. FRANK: That I should speak that way to y ou! . . . Our f riends! . . . Our
guests! [She starts to cry again.]
because she and Mr. Frank are offering cognac to the others
because the Franks were there first
because Mr. Frank got the attic rooms through his connections
because she and Mr. Frank are the ones who have been buying all the food
a.
b.
c.
d.
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3. Anne Frank Act II multiple choice
______ What does this passage tell the reader about Anne Frank?
ANNE: . . . You know what I do when it seems as if I couldn’t stand being
cooped up f or one more minute? I think my self out. . . . You know the
most wonderf ul part about thinking y ourself out? You can hav e it any
way y ou like.
She escapes from the attic rooms every night.
She has lost touch with reality.
She can actually get out just by thinking.
She has a powerful imagination.
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.
______ Why doesn’t Anne take the diary with her when the Nazis come to take the families and Mr. Dussel away?
She doesn’t want it to get ruined.
She is tired of writing in it.
The Nazis said they could take only clothing.
In all the confusion, she forgets it.
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.
______ What do you think Mr. Frank means by what he says in the following quotation?
ANNE’S VOICE: In spite of ev ery thing, I still believ e that people are really good at
heart. [Mr. Frank slowly closes the diary .]
MR. FRANK: She puts me to shame.
He is ashamed of Anne.
He is ashamed that he wasn’t able to keep his family safe.
He thinks that Anne is talking about him when she says, “ In spite of everything.”
He doesn’t believe that people are good at heart, and he is ashamed of this feeling.
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
______ Which of the following words could be substituted for the underlined word without changing the meaning of the
sentence?
She is indignant at the outcome of the v erdict.
Vocabulary, Spelling, and Grammar
15.
B.
angry self-righteous
complete sad
a. b.
c. d.
______ Which of the following words is misspelled?16.
factual natchural
spatula habitual
a. b.
c. d.
______ Identify the sentence in which the main verb does not agree in number with the subject.
Nobody wants to stay in the attic rooms much longer.
Everyone in the attic wish the whole ordeal would end.
Both Peter and Anne long for some fresh air.
Somebody was making noise downstairs.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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4. Anne Frank Act II multiple choice
______ Choose the sentence that can be completed with the verb is.
Both _____ looking through the skylight at the stars.
Many of Anne’s friends _____ already out of the city.
Everyone _____ nervous about what the thief might do.
Few of the people in the attic _____ able to get a good night’s sleep.
a.
b.
c.
d.
18.
______ Choose the best definition of the underlined word.
With a growing f eeling of apprehension, they listened to the sounds outside.
19.
fear anger
shyness joy
a. b.
c. d.
______ If someone tries ineffectually to accomplish something, he or she20.
is likely to win a prize should be proud of the result
probably finishes before anyone else does not get the desired result
a. b.
c. d.
In the beginning of Anne Frank’s diary, she wrote these words: “ I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as
I have never been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.” In an
essay, explain how her diary was a great source of comfort to Anne Frank. As you write, consider these questions: In
whom would a fourteen-year-old girl usually confide? Under what circumstances would a young girl share her
confidences? How do Anne’s circumstances in the attic rooms affect her ability to confide in someone else?
Essay Questions
21.
C.
The Nazis who came for Anne Frank were ordered to leave no record or documentation of what they were doing. When
they left Anne Frank’s diary behind, they failed to follow that order. In an essay, explain why Anne Frank’s diary is an
important historical document.
22.
In her introduction to the published version of Anne Frank’s diary, Eleanor Roosevelt said that Anne Frank’s story
made her “ intimately and shockingly aware of war’s greatest evil—the degradation of the human spirit. At the same
time, Anne’s diary makes poignantly clear the ultimate shining nobility of that spirit.” In an essay, comment on the
ways in which Anne Frank’s diary shows both the degradation and the nobility of the human spirit.
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