Act I Questions
Scene 1 pgs 777-780
1. What is the setting of the story? (where and when, can have more than one answer)
2. Why has Mr. Frank come back?
3. Mr. Frank uses ellipses (...) when he is talking to Miep. What does this show about how he is feeling?
4. Why did the Frank family and other Jewish people have to hide?
5. List three things Anne says Jewish children could not do.
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6. Anne’s dialogue advances the plot. What major event happened in the last paragraph on pg 780?
Scene 2 pgs 780-791
1. Who else has come to stay with the Frank family?
2. The dialogue on p 781 between Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan shows that they are
______because they said:
3. Describe each character in appearance and personality.
a. Mr. Van Daan-
b .Mrs. Van Daan-
c. Peter-
4. What will the ration books allow the Franks to do?
5. Who will bring the families food and supplies?
6. Why is Mrs. Frank afraid of using the ration books?
7. Why doesn’t her fear make sense?
8. On p 784, Mr. Frank tells the group the schedule of the day. What are two character traits to describe him? ______and ______because he said:
9. On p 787, why does Peter think it is important to remove his star of David?
10. On p 790, Anne’s dialogue reveals conflict against the outside forces. Who are the outside forces? ______
What might happen to Miep and Mr. Kraler if they get found out for helping?
Scene 3 p 791-814
1.What do the stage directions on 791 help the reader understand about how the group feels?
2. Dialogue reveals traits about the characters. What two words could be used to characterize Anne on p 793? ______and ______because she said this:
3. Why does the sound from outside make everyone afraid? (p794).
4. Describe the relationship between Anne and Peter on p 795.
5. Give two or more lines of dialogue to support your answer.
6. Mrs. Van Daan’s dialogue on p 798 reveal that her personality is ______and ______because she said this:
7. Mr. Van Daan think that women should______
What does that say about the gender roles in this time period?
8. Who else is coming to stay with them on p 805?
9. Mr. Dussel’s dialogue on p 808-809 reveals that everyone thought the Frank family went to ______because:
10. On p. 809, Mr. Dussel uses ellipses (…) in his dialogue. What does this use show about his reaction to the fact they are still alive?
11. Mr. Dussel’s dialogue on p 810 reveals conflicts with outside forces. What is happening outside?
12. On p 813 Mr. Dussel states that he gets along very well with children. From p 814, give evidence that you know that he lied?
Scene 4 p 814-819
1. On p 814, the stage directions reveal part of the plot. What is Mr. Van Daan doing?
2. Motivation is the reason someone does an action. What could be Mr. Van Daan’s internal motivation for doing the bad act?
b. What could be his external motivation?
3. Mr. Frank and Mr. Dussel react very differently to what happened on p 815.
First compare how they reacted, then analyze what that says about them.
4. Anne has a nightmare on p 815. What could the nightmare have been about?
5. The dialogue between Anne and her mother reveal that their relationship is ______because they said:
6. On p 816, Anne admits some mistakes that she has made concerning how she treats the other people. Why is she conflicted about being a better person?
b. What does this have to do with how old she is?
7. On p819, Anne tells about potentially great news on Monday, the ninth of November. What was it? ______
What does it symbolize in one or two words?______
Scene 5 p 820-831
1. What celebration was going on at the beginning?
2. Why would it be important to still have traditions while in hiding?
3. What do Mr. Dussel’s lines on p 821 say about how much he knows about Hanukkah?
4. Why was he hiding then?
5. Anne shows that she is becoming a nice person by ______.
6. Two examples of things she made were ______and ______.
7. Use ostentatiously in a sentence. The definition is on p 836.
8. Describe how Mr. Dussel reacts when Peter play a trick on him p 836.
9. This shows that Mr. Dussel is ______and ______.
10. The stage directions on p 827 make everyone ______.
What do you think is happening?
11. On p 829, why does Mr. Frank go downstairs?
Act II Questions
Scene 1 p 835-846
1. On page 834, give the definition for internal motivation, then put it in your own words.
2. Give the definition for external motivation, then put it in your own words.
3. On p 835, how long does Anne say they have been in hiding?
4. What could be Anne’s internal motivation for writing in her diary about her mom?
5. On p 839, how does Anne’s life to compare to Miep’s life?
b. What is your opinion on how fair this is?
6. What could be Mr. Van Daan’s motivation for leaving Margot out?
7. Mr. Van Daan wants to sell the fur coat on p 840 because he says it is selfish. What is his real motivation?
8. What did Mr. Kraler talk about with Mr. Frank in private on p 841?
10. On p 843, why does Anne say grown ups and teenagers are different?
11. Anne and Peter’s relationship is changing. Give three lines of dialogue from pgs 844-845 to prove how.
12. On p 846, what two bad events does Anne’s voice tell us about?
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Scene 2 p 847-854
1. The stage directions on p 847 say that Anne and Peter are doing what?
2. On p 848, Mrs. Frank asked Anne not to ______.
What would be her internal motivation for asking?
What would be her external motivation?
3. On p 852, would Anne’s motivation be for asking whether Peter likes Margot?
4. On p 854, what do the stage directions tell us happened between Anne and Peter?
Scene 3 p 855-862
- In the stage directions, what is Mr. Van Daan doing?
- How might Mr. Van Daan’s actions affect everyone else?
- How did Mrs. Frank react? Do you think that was fair?
- What do you effect do you think hiding has on everyone?
- What happened on p 860 that made everyone happier?
- What does Anne’s voice tells us on p 862-863?
- If the invasion is good news, why aren’t they free now?
Scene 4 p 863-868
- Describe the mood at the beginning of this scene. ______
Why is everyone feeling like this?
- On pg 865, what strategy does Anne use to stay hopeful and optimistic?
- Anne makes excuses for the world’s behavior. What analogy (comparison) does use on p 866?
- Why would Mr. Frank say we can live in hope on p 867?
Scene 5 p 868-869
- How did they get caught?
- Why was Anne happy in the camp?
- What motivated prisoners to ask around about their families?
4. Why would Mr. Frank say she puts me to shame when Anne says in spite of everything I still believe people are really good at heart?