Anne+Frank+Diary+of+a+Young+Girl


 * Daily Quiz**
 * 1) Who is Kitty? Where does she come from?
 * 2) //"I put in the craziest things with the idea that we were going into hiding. But I'm not sorry, memories mean more to me than dresses//." Where is Anne going? What does she pack?
 * 3) What caused the Franks to suddenly go into hiding?
 * 4) Name one of Otto Frank's rules.
 * 5) Rate this novel study 1-5. Explain your rating.

__**Reading Guide**__ Match each character with the correct description.
 * Characters**
 * Anne Frank Peter Wessel Margot Frank Edith Frank Otto Frank Peter Van Daan Mrs. Van Daan Mr. Van Daan Albert Dussel Miep Gies **
 * 1) The narrator and the writer of the diary. She is thirteen when she begins writing, very outspoken, and before moving into the Secret Annex, she was very popular at school with both the boys and the girls. She loves to read and to study, and she wants to be a writer when she grows up.
 * 2) Anne's sister, three years older than Anne. Anne feels pressure to behave more like her sister.
 * 3) Anne's father He is modest, quiet, and generally low-key. She has a very close relationship with him and gives him the nickname 'Pim.' He teaches her English, French, and algebra, among other subjects, and she loves to learn.
 * 4) Anne is not nearly as close with **?** her mother as she is with her father. She finds her mother cold and often condescending. She has an idea of what the perfect mother should be and Mummy does not fit the image. It upsets her that Mummy always takes Margot's side, and seems to prefer her.
 * 5) The fifteen-year-old son of the Van Daan family, the other family who is hiding in the Secret Annex with the Franks. Anne at first finds him boring and weak, but they begin to talk, and to open up to each other, and they form a strong bond.
 * 6) She is Peter's mother. She is desperately jealous of the bond between Anne and her son, and she wishes that he would talk to her more. She and Anne do not get along at all. She criticizes Anne for being so outspoken.
 * 7) Peter's father. He is one of the adults who often criticizes Anne.
 * 8) He shares Anne's room. He enters the Secret Annex last. He was a dentist before going into hiding. At first, Anne likes him, but then he shows his true colors and is close-minded and stubborn and criticizes her. Sometimes she does things intentionally to annoy him.
 * 9) She helps hide the Franks, Van Daans, and Dussel in her warehouse. She is cheerful and often brings them gifts. At Christmas, she decorates a basket and fills it with presents.
 * 10) A young man on whom Anne has big crush. She fantasizes about marrying him and dreams of him touching her cheek. She hopes that they will find each other again one day when she gets out of hiding.

**Winston Churchill** **Secret Annex Adolf Hitler Moortje bookshelf Bouche ration cards** **call-up** **concentration camp** **Mouschie** **Gestapo** Match each term with the correct description.
 * Objects and Places**
 * 1) The place where the Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel hide. It is the back of a warehouse building that is owned by associates of Otto Frank.
 * 2) Prime Minister of England at the time of World War II. The occupants of the Secret Annex listen to his speeches on the radio.
 * 3) He was the leader of the Nazi party. He believed that the Germans were a superior race, and blamed Jews for the problems that plagued Germany, such as poverty and unemployment.
 * 4) Anne's cat. They leave the cat behind when they flee to their hiding place.
 * 5) The Van Daan's cat. Peter is very affectionate with the cat.
 * 6) This hides and blocks the stairway to the Secret Annex.
 * 7) Peter Van Daan's cat. He disappears while they are in hiding.
 * 8) During wartime, these were used to allocate a certain amount of food per person.
 * 9) Hitler organized these to facilitate the mass murder of Jews, Catholics, gypsies, blacks, the handicapped, and homosexuals. People were deported to the camps in cattle cars, and upon arrival, usually separated from their families, tattooed with a serial number, deloused, and completely shaven. Often they were forced into hard labor. Disease was rampant, and many starved to death. Most were shot, gassed, or cremated alive.
 * 10) Nazi secret police organization.
 * 11) Notices for deportation to a concentration camp. Margot and Daddy receive ?, which prompts the Franks' early flight to their hiding place.

Adapted from BookRags.com.
 * Short Answer Questions**
 * 1) How have you changed over the past two years? How would your friends or family members say you are different today than you were two years ago?
 * 2) “We have to have rules,” declares Otto Frank soon after the Franks and van Daans move into the secret annex. Name three of the many rules that the annex residents imposed on themselves. What were the reasons for each rule? Of these rules, which do you thinkwould have been hardest for you to adhere to? Why? What rules would you make?
 * 3) How did the annex residents obtain food and supplies? What did they eat? What deprivations did they face?
 * 4) Why do the residents of the annex celebrate holidays and birthdays while they are in hiding? How do these events contribute to a sense of “normality” in an abnormal environment and why is that important?
 * 5) Consider the decision to invite Mr. Dussel to share the annex with the Franks and van Daans. What risks does this decision pose for those in hiding as well as to their helpers? What would you have done in this situation?
 * 6) The people living in the annex could not have survived for 25 months without the loyalty and dedication of their helpers. What dangers did Miep Gies and the other office workers confront in helping the Franks and van Daans hide? Think about the commitment it took to provide daily assistance to eight people for 25 months. Why do you think Miep Gies and her colleagues were willing to help the Franks? How did Anne view Meip Gies and the others who helped the Frank family?
 * 7) How did the various annex residents cope with the feeling of confinement and the loss of independence? What did the residents do to make their time in the annex less oppressive? How was life different for them on weekdays versus weekends? Choose two residents and compare their responses to life in hiding.
 * 8) To what extent were Anne and her family aware of events taking place in the outside world? How did they get information? Was the information they received reliable? How much knowledge did they have about the course of the war and the treatment of Jews?
 * 9) Summarize one of the most memorable arguments or quarrels that took place while Anne and her companions were in hiding. What was at stake? How was the issue resolved?
 * 10) In what ways does reading about a single family and their life in hiding help you understand the larger events of World War II? What do you see as the most valuable historical lessons that can be learned through Anne’s diary? You may want to explore some of the resources at the end of this guide to help you learn more about World War II before you answer the questions above.
 * [[file:StudyGuide.docx]] the reading guide.**