The Diary of Anne Frank
Guided Reading Questions
Directions: Please write each question and then answer in complete
sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Each section will be assigned and
are due on the date given by Mr. Mundy.
Questions for Pages 1-30
1. What date is Anne’s birthday?
2. What is ironic about the following statement: “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary…because it seems to me that neither I – nor for that matter anyone else – will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl”? (Ironic means something strange or seemingly opposite than what is expected)
3. What is Anne’s reason for starting a diary?
4. List at least three ways in which Jews were treated differently as stated by Anne in her diary.
5. What is the name that Anne gives her diary?
6. Compare romantic dating in Anne’s time to the present day.
7. Who is the first person in the Frank family to be “called up” by the SS?
8. Describe Anne's character and the details that tell you about her.
9. Describe the Secret Annex.
10. How did the Franks manage to prepare so well for going into hiding?
Questions for Pages 30-60
1. What is Daddy’s nickname?
2. Explain your opinion of Mrs. van Daan.
3. Anne mentions on p. 38-39 the treatment of Jews who did not go into hiding. What sorts of things are happening to them?
4. Why is Anne no longer considered German in the eyes of the government?
5. Why did the residents of the Secret Annexe react as they did when Mr. Koophuis was trying to get in?
6. Summarize Anne’s feelings toward her father.
7. Describe Anne’s feelings toward her mother.
8. What is the name and occupation of the 8th person that will join the others in the Secret Annex?
9. What about this "Prospectus and Guide"--why is it necessary to have such detailed rules and procedures?
10. How has Dussel's arrival changed the Secret Annexe? Is it better or worse with him around and why?
Questions for Pages 60-90
1. What item do the 8 receive as a extra for Christmas?
2. Why are the Dutch (non-Jewish) people afraid during this time?
3. Who were the burglars that everyone heard in the attic?
4. Who are Mouschi and Boche?
5. Summarize the events in Thursday 25 March 1943.
6. On Friday 2 April 1943, Anne was cruel to her mother. What did she do?
7. Who is “de Fuhrer” that Anne keeps referring to?
8. Why can’t the eight throw away all of their garbage?
9. Do you think Elli and Miep are right to try to keep the residents of the
Secret Annexe "busy," as Anne observes on p. 85 (11 July 1943)?
Questions for Pages 90-115
1. What are the disadvantages to having a cat in the Annex?
2. Anne, Margot, and Peter are all expected to deal with the situation of
being in hiding with exceptional maturity and fortitude. Explain, then, the
argument about the book (see the entry for 29 July 1943, p. 93). Why do
Mrs. Van Daan and Dussel make such a big deal about it?
3. Summarize how Anne reacts to the gunfire in the middle of the night.
4. Analyze the importance of the daily routine.
5. When is the only time that people in the Annex do not interrupt each
other?
6. Who uses the lavatory the most and why is this the problem?
7. Explain how Dr. Dussel endangered the lives of the Secret Annex.
8. At this point in the novel, who has the most arguments in the Secret
Annex?
9. Explain what Anne means when she says they have freedom after five.
10. What did Peter hold out in front of Mouschi’s nose to try to lure him
back inside?
11. Three taps signals what event in the household?
12. Who has to go to the hospital for an operation?
13. Why does Mr. VanDaan have to sell his wife’s fur coat?
Questions for Pages 115-150
1. How old was Anne when she received her beloved fountain pen?
2. Analyze the reason Anne keeps having dreams about her friend Lies.
3. For what event in Anne’s life is she unable to forgive her mother?
4. Why did Anne sew an edge of lace on her blue petticoat?
5. Why do you think that Anne feels distant from her mother?
6. Explain the importance of Anne’s various passions while living in the
Annex.
7. Why do you think news of other underground families interest the Annex
members so much?
8. What is the name of one of the organization that forges identity cards for
the Jews?
9. Why is it important to the eight members to know what is happening with
the war?
10. Explain why the adults in the Secret Annex are afraid of the Germans?
Questions for Pages 151-181
1. Which of Anne’s admirable qualities does Peter wish he had?
2. What is kept in the barrels of the annex?
3. Why do you think it is important to Anne that she develops a friendship
with Peter?
4. Where in the annex do Anne and Peter go to look at the blue sky?
5. What did the burglar take from the cupboard?
6. Anne states that people can tell you to be quiet but they can’t keep you
from _________.
7. What label did Mrs. VanDaan give Peter and why does this anger Anne?
8. What event attributed to the change in Anne’s personality of her carefree
days to the Anne that
lived in the annex?
9. What did Anne do to avoid the stench of the year-old preserved kale?
10. Who was known as the “Queen of the Kitchen”?
11. What do you think are some of the benefits to Anne keeping a diary?
12. Do you think Anne needs Peter’s friendship as much as Peter needs
Anne’s? Explain your answer.
Questions for Pages 181-210
1. What was Margot’s reason for not getting close to Peter?
2. Where was Anne’s “second home” within the annex?
3. Analyze the focus the adults have over the radio broadcasts.
4. Why do you think the adults argue so much over politics?
5. Who is jealous of Anne’s meetings with Peter and why?
6. How is the moral among the Dutch population?
7. What food is served in the annex at every meal and why?
8. What is the title of the best fairy tale that Anne had ever written?
9. What was the item Peter and Anne took from Mr. Dussel to the attic?
What did this make him angry?
10. What scared everyone about this burglary and why?
11. What aspect of his routine did Mr. Dussel have to change after the
burglary?
12. Why do you think Anne wants to be Dutch after the war is over?
13. Explain what Anne means when she said, “…things are just as bad as
you yourself care to make them.”
14. What did Peter neglect to do that angered Kraler?
Questions for Pages 210-242
1. Explain the way that Anne feels about her first kiss.
2. On page 214, Anne mentions the joy of sitting by an open window to
enjoy spring. How do you
think she remains so positive?
3. What does Anne mean when she mentions that Peter “has two Anne’s
before him”?
4. What is Daddy’s reaction to Anne telling him about her and Peter’s
budding relationship?
5. What is Peter’s reaction to Anne saying “If we come out of here, I know
quite well that you won’t bother about me anymore” and why?
6. What are the qualities Anne says she has buried inside her? (see May 3,
1944)
7. What is the US equivalent of a florin?
8. Anne tries to put her feelings in a letter to her father, but ends up
hurting and upsetting him (7 May 1944). She feels ashamed and regretful
soon afterwards. Do you think Anne's letter was well-done or not?
9. What will Anne give her father for his birthday? (see May 9, 1943)
10. How are Anne and the others feeling about the news, for example, of
anti-Semitism spreading (May 16, 22, 26)?
Questions for Pages 242 - 268
1. What is D-Day and what effect does it have on the residents of the
Annexe? Why? (See 6 June 1944)
2. Compare and contrast Anne's description of the celebration of her
fifteenth birthday with her description of her thirteenth birthday celebration,
way back in the beginning of the Diary (14-15 June 1942). How does this
change reflect how her life and priorities have changed?
3. Discuss the qualities about Peter that Anne dislikes.
4. What do you think of Mrs. Van Daan's talk of suicide (16 June 1944)? Is
she serious? Even if she isn't, should she be taken seriously?
5. How does Anne feel about laziness and work?
6. Summarize Anne’s philosophy of religion.
7. What is the criticism (attack) of the author of What Do You Think of the
Modern Young Girl?
8. As much as Anne clearly loves and admires her father through much of
the Diary, how do her feelings deepen and change here at the end (15 July
1944)?
9. "We talked of the most private things..." (15 July 1944), Anne says of
Peter--so why is she still not completely happy with their relationship?
10. Why does Anne refer to herself as “a little bundle of contradictions”?
Questions for Pages 269 - 283
1. What problems did the new German government face?
2. How did Adolf Hitler lead the attack against the Jewish race?
3. What happened to Mr. Kraler and Mr. Koophius after the raid?
4. Describe Auschwitz.
5. Where were Anne, Margot and Mrs. Van Daan moved to?
6. What was the fate of Mrs. Frank, Mr. Van Daan and Mr. Dussel?
7. What happened to Peter Van Daan?
8. Who did Anne find at Belsen?
9. What happened to Mrs. Van Daan, Margot, and Anne?
10. How did Otto Frank lead to the publishing of The Diary of Anne Frank?
Guided Reading Questions
Directions: Please write each question and then answer in complete
sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Each section will be assigned and
are due on the date given by Mr. Mundy.
Questions for Pages 1-30
1. What date is Anne’s birthday?
2. What is ironic about the following statement: “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary…because it seems to me that neither I – nor for that matter anyone else – will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl”? (Ironic means something strange or seemingly opposite than what is expected)
3. What is Anne’s reason for starting a diary?
4. List at least three ways in which Jews were treated differently as stated by Anne in her diary.
5. What is the name that Anne gives her diary?
6. Compare romantic dating in Anne’s time to the present day.
7. Who is the first person in the Frank family to be “called up” by the SS?
8. Describe Anne's character and the details that tell you about her.
9. Describe the Secret Annex.
10. How did the Franks manage to prepare so well for going into hiding?
Questions for Pages 30-60
1. What is Daddy’s nickname?
2. Explain your opinion of Mrs. van Daan.
3. Anne mentions on p. 38-39 the treatment of Jews who did not go into hiding. What sorts of things are happening to them?
4. Why is Anne no longer considered German in the eyes of the government?
5. Why did the residents of the Secret Annexe react as they did when Mr. Koophuis was trying to get in?
6. Summarize Anne’s feelings toward her father.
7. Describe Anne’s feelings toward her mother.
8. What is the name and occupation of the 8th person that will join the others in the Secret Annex?
9. What about this "Prospectus and Guide"--why is it necessary to have such detailed rules and procedures?
10. How has Dussel's arrival changed the Secret Annexe? Is it better or worse with him around and why?
Questions for Pages 60-90
1. What item do the 8 receive as a extra for Christmas?
2. Why are the Dutch (non-Jewish) people afraid during this time?
3. Who were the burglars that everyone heard in the attic?
4. Who are Mouschi and Boche?
5. Summarize the events in Thursday 25 March 1943.
6. On Friday 2 April 1943, Anne was cruel to her mother. What did she do?
7. Who is “de Fuhrer” that Anne keeps referring to?
8. Why can’t the eight throw away all of their garbage?
9. Do you think Elli and Miep are right to try to keep the residents of the
Secret Annexe "busy," as Anne observes on p. 85 (11 July 1943)?
Questions for Pages 90-115
1. What are the disadvantages to having a cat in the Annex?
2. Anne, Margot, and Peter are all expected to deal with the situation of
being in hiding with exceptional maturity and fortitude. Explain, then, the
argument about the book (see the entry for 29 July 1943, p. 93). Why do
Mrs. Van Daan and Dussel make such a big deal about it?
3. Summarize how Anne reacts to the gunfire in the middle of the night.
4. Analyze the importance of the daily routine.
5. When is the only time that people in the Annex do not interrupt each
other?
6. Who uses the lavatory the most and why is this the problem?
7. Explain how Dr. Dussel endangered the lives of the Secret Annex.
8. At this point in the novel, who has the most arguments in the Secret
Annex?
9. Explain what Anne means when she says they have freedom after five.
10. What did Peter hold out in front of Mouschi’s nose to try to lure him
back inside?
11. Three taps signals what event in the household?
12. Who has to go to the hospital for an operation?
13. Why does Mr. VanDaan have to sell his wife’s fur coat?
Questions for Pages 115-150
1. How old was Anne when she received her beloved fountain pen?
2. Analyze the reason Anne keeps having dreams about her friend Lies.
3. For what event in Anne’s life is she unable to forgive her mother?
4. Why did Anne sew an edge of lace on her blue petticoat?
5. Why do you think that Anne feels distant from her mother?
6. Explain the importance of Anne’s various passions while living in the
Annex.
7. Why do you think news of other underground families interest the Annex
members so much?
8. What is the name of one of the organization that forges identity cards for
the Jews?
9. Why is it important to the eight members to know what is happening with
the war?
10. Explain why the adults in the Secret Annex are afraid of the Germans?
Questions for Pages 151-181
1. Which of Anne’s admirable qualities does Peter wish he had?
2. What is kept in the barrels of the annex?
3. Why do you think it is important to Anne that she develops a friendship
with Peter?
4. Where in the annex do Anne and Peter go to look at the blue sky?
5. What did the burglar take from the cupboard?
6. Anne states that people can tell you to be quiet but they can’t keep you
from _________.
7. What label did Mrs. VanDaan give Peter and why does this anger Anne?
8. What event attributed to the change in Anne’s personality of her carefree
days to the Anne that
lived in the annex?
9. What did Anne do to avoid the stench of the year-old preserved kale?
10. Who was known as the “Queen of the Kitchen”?
11. What do you think are some of the benefits to Anne keeping a diary?
12. Do you think Anne needs Peter’s friendship as much as Peter needs
Anne’s? Explain your answer.
Questions for Pages 181-210
1. What was Margot’s reason for not getting close to Peter?
2. Where was Anne’s “second home” within the annex?
3. Analyze the focus the adults have over the radio broadcasts.
4. Why do you think the adults argue so much over politics?
5. Who is jealous of Anne’s meetings with Peter and why?
6. How is the moral among the Dutch population?
7. What food is served in the annex at every meal and why?
8. What is the title of the best fairy tale that Anne had ever written?
9. What was the item Peter and Anne took from Mr. Dussel to the attic?
What did this make him angry?
10. What scared everyone about this burglary and why?
11. What aspect of his routine did Mr. Dussel have to change after the
burglary?
12. Why do you think Anne wants to be Dutch after the war is over?
13. Explain what Anne means when she said, “…things are just as bad as
you yourself care to make them.”
14. What did Peter neglect to do that angered Kraler?
Questions for Pages 210-242
1. Explain the way that Anne feels about her first kiss.
2. On page 214, Anne mentions the joy of sitting by an open window to
enjoy spring. How do you
think she remains so positive?
3. What does Anne mean when she mentions that Peter “has two Anne’s
before him”?
4. What is Daddy’s reaction to Anne telling him about her and Peter’s
budding relationship?
5. What is Peter’s reaction to Anne saying “If we come out of here, I know
quite well that you won’t bother about me anymore” and why?
6. What are the qualities Anne says she has buried inside her? (see May 3,
1944)
7. What is the US equivalent of a florin?
8. Anne tries to put her feelings in a letter to her father, but ends up
hurting and upsetting him (7 May 1944). She feels ashamed and regretful
soon afterwards. Do you think Anne's letter was well-done or not?
9. What will Anne give her father for his birthday? (see May 9, 1943)
10. How are Anne and the others feeling about the news, for example, of
anti-Semitism spreading (May 16, 22, 26)?
Questions for Pages 242 - 268
1. What is D-Day and what effect does it have on the residents of the
Annexe? Why? (See 6 June 1944)
2. Compare and contrast Anne's description of the celebration of her
fifteenth birthday with her description of her thirteenth birthday celebration,
way back in the beginning of the Diary (14-15 June 1942). How does this
change reflect how her life and priorities have changed?
3. Discuss the qualities about Peter that Anne dislikes.
4. What do you think of Mrs. Van Daan's talk of suicide (16 June 1944)? Is
she serious? Even if she isn't, should she be taken seriously?
5. How does Anne feel about laziness and work?
6. Summarize Anne’s philosophy of religion.
7. What is the criticism (attack) of the author of What Do You Think of the
Modern Young Girl?
8. As much as Anne clearly loves and admires her father through much of
the Diary, how do her feelings deepen and change here at the end (15 July
1944)?
9. "We talked of the most private things..." (15 July 1944), Anne says of
Peter--so why is she still not completely happy with their relationship?
10. Why does Anne refer to herself as “a little bundle of contradictions”?
Questions for Pages 269 - 283
1. What problems did the new German government face?
2. How did Adolf Hitler lead the attack against the Jewish race?
3. What happened to Mr. Kraler and Mr. Koophius after the raid?
4. Describe Auschwitz.
5. Where were Anne, Margot and Mrs. Van Daan moved to?
6. What was the fate of Mrs. Frank, Mr. Van Daan and Mr. Dussel?
7. What happened to Peter Van Daan?
8. Who did Anne find at Belsen?
9. What happened to Mrs. Van Daan, Margot, and Anne?
10. How did Otto Frank lead to the publishing of The Diary of Anne Frank?