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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 Anne longing to have because it seems so important?

2. What holidays arrive just one day apart in 1942?

3. What do the Gestapo say happens when hostages end up dead?

4. What does Elli give Margot and Anne to do?

5. What is Dussel and Anne's argument over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Anne do at her birthday party?

2. What do the Franks do in preparation for moving into their hiding place?

3. How does the group celebrate Mrs. Van Daan's birthday?

4. What do Margot and Anne do for Elli? Do they enjoy these tasks?

5. Why do the occupants of the Annexe celebrate both St. Nicolas Day and Chanuka?

6. Why does Anne say that Jews and Germans are the greatest enemies in the world?

7. What makes Anne's hands shake terribly? What has happened at the Annexe?

8. Anne gets news of the outside world and what is happening to the Jews who are caught. What are some of the things that are happening?

9. Describe Anne's impressions of Mrs. Van Daan.

10. What causes the Franks to consider moving to their hiding place sooner than they thought they would have to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anne's thoughts on the the opposite sex change vastly from the beginning of the diary to the end.

1. What are Anne's thoughts and feelings about boys in the beginning?

2. What does she feel about boys as the diary progresses?

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

One of the things that stands out about Anne's diary is its constant referral to her depression and her problems with feeLing blue. Bring confined in the small space for over two years, Anne and the rest of the occupants seem to come up with their own ways of handling the pressures.

1. How does Anne cope with her depression?

2. How do others in the Annexe deal with the stress and anxiety?

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