Diary of a Young Girl/Acceptance Speech

In the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, why does Anne make diary entries as if she were writing letters to a friend named Kitty?

• She has no friends because she lacks confidence.

• She does not want her father to know she is keeping a diary.

• She decides to act as if she has a deep friendship with her diary.

• She knows that while she is in hiding, she cannot send letters to her friend Kitty.

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In the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne describes her life before the family went into hiding. Which phrase best describes what Anne was like in that earlier time?

• very shy

• very popular

• the class clown

• an excellent athlete

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According to the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, why did Anne’s family move to Holland in 1933?

• Anne’s father had to move because his job changed locations.

• They wanted to be closer to Anne’s grandmother.

• They wanted to escape Hitler’s government.

• Holland had better schools than Germany.

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In the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, what does Anne say is one thing she had to do because of Hitler’s anti-Jewish laws?

• visit places of entertainment

• ride on bicycles and trains

• go shopping only at night

• wear a yellow star

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In the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, what does Anne say is one way that the people in hiding must be careful?

• They must not make noise during the day.

• They must not turn the lights on during the day.

• They must not write anything that the Nazis might find.

• They must not say anything that might identify them as Jewish.

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In his “Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Elie Wiesel states that receiving the prize “both frightens and pleases me.” Why does he feel frightened?

• He believes that the honor should go to all Jewish people.

• He thinks that other activists are more deserving of the honor.

• He believes that he does not have the right to represent or speak for the dead.

• He worries that the honor will be forgotten, along with the horrors his people survived.

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When Elie Wiesel refers to “the kingdom of night” in his “Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize,” what is he describing?

• the unforgiving rule of the Middle Ages

• the persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust

• the incidence of injustice and suffering around the globe

• the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis

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According to his “Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize,” what motivated Wiesel to speak out for the oppressed and victimized?

• the realization that the world knew about the horrors of the Holocaust but said nothing

• the understanding that neutrality always supports the victim, not the oppressor

• a desire to teach people to appreciate each moment of the freedom they have

• a desire to encourage people to become activists to eliminate injustice

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, how does Anne feel about sharing her room with Dussel?

• She resents having to help someone who seems so ungrateful and slow to understand the situation.

• Although she is not happy about it, she is willing to give up her privacy to help a fellow human being.

• She considers it an invasion of privacy and tries to get her father to change his mind about taking in Dussel.

• She is angry to have a roommate who is constantly talking about what has been happening in the outside world.

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Part B Which sentence or sentences in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl best support the answer to Part A?

• Of course he thought it was all right to share my little room.

• Quite honestly I’m not so keen that a stranger should use my things, but one must be prepared to make some sacrifices for a good cause, so I shall make my little offering with a good will.

• But one thing amazed me: he is very slow on the uptake. He asks everything twice over and still doesn’t seem to remember.

• Dussel has told us a lot about the outside world, which we have missed for so long now.

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