Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl Answers

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a schoolbag. The first thing I stuck in was this diary, and then curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb and some old letters. Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, I stuck the craziest things in the bag, but I'm not sorry. Memories mean more to me than dresses.Which detail best convey’s Anne’s perspective on what is most valuable in life?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.After we arrived at 263 Prinsengracht, Miep quickly led us through the long hallway and up the wooden staircase to the next floor and into the Annex. She shut the door behind us, leaving us alone. Margot had arrived much earlier on her bike and was waiting for us.Which is one content difference between the diary and the play The Diary of Anne Frank?

Which detail can a reader learn from the play The Diary of Anne Frank that the reader cannot learn from The Diary of a Young Girl?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.When she and I were sitting in our bedroom, Margot told me that the call-up was not for Father, but for her. At this second shock, I began to cry. Margot is sixteen – apparently they want to send girls her age away on their own. But thank goodness she won't be going; Mother had said so herself, which must be what Father had meant when he talked to me about our going into hiding. Hiding . . . where would we hide? In the city? In the country? In a house? In a shack? When, where, how . . . ? These were questions I wasn't allowed to ask, but they still kept running through my mind.Based on this excerpt, what is Anne’s perspective on going into hiding?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.And sometimes they talk about Moortje and I can't take that at all. Moortje is my weak spot. I miss her every minute of the day, and no one knows how often I think of her; whenever I do, my eyes fill with tears. Moortje is so sweet, and I love her so much that I keep dreaming she'll come back to us.What is the mood of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.All day long we unpacked boxes, filled cupboards, hammered nails and straightened up the mess, until we fell exhausted into our clean beds at night. We hadn't eaten a hot meal all day, but we didn't care; Mother and Margot were too tired and keyed up to eat, and Father and I were too busy.Tuesday morning we started where we left off the night before. Bep and Miep went grocery shopping with our ration coupons, Father worked on our blackout screens, we scrubbed the kitchen floor, and were once again busy from sunup to sundown. Until Wednesday, I didn't have a chance to think about the enormous change in my life. Then for the first time since our arrival in the Secret Annex, I found a moment to tell you all about it and to realize what had happened to me and what was yet to happen.Which detail from the excerpt best supports the idea that Anne’s voice is determined and hardworking?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.What is the mood of this excerpt?

Which detail from The Diary of a Young Girl best supports the mood of terror and anxiety?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.“The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven of us altogether.” Silence. We couldn't speak. The thought of Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the heat, the suspense – all this reduced us to silence.Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.Father, Mother and Margot still can't get used to the chiming of the Westertoren clock, which tells us the time every quarter of an hour. Not me, I liked it from the start; it sounds so reassuring, especially at night.Based on this excerpt, which best describes Anne’s perspective regarding the sound of the clock?