The Frank Family & WWII Timeline Comprehension Questions

What year was Anne Frank born?

• 1929

• 1933

• 1939

• 1945

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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Which event is included in both the play and the timeline?

• The hiding place is discovered, and the families are arrested.

• Miep and Mr. Kraler bring cake to celebrate Hanukkah.

• The attic hiding place is turned into a museum.

• Adolf Eichmann is captured and tried.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

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Which event triggered the Franks to go into hiding?

• Adolf Hitler banned all political parties except the Nazi Party in 1933.

• The Allies successfully invaded France in 1944.

• Margot Frank was ordered to report to a forced labor camp in 1942.

• Anne and Margot Frank died of typhus in 1945.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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What are the real names of the people who lived in the attic with the Franks?

• Miep and Mr. Kraler

• the Van Daan Family and Mr. Dussel

• the Van Pel family and Mr. Pfeffer

• Mouschi and Jopie de Waal

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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How does the portrayal of events differ in the play and the timeline?

• The play explores the emotions and lives of the characters, whereas the timeline presents only facts.

• The play does not include any real events, but the timeline does.

• Otto Frank survives in the play, but his death is recorded in the timeline.

• The play does not include any events from World War II, whereas the timeline is about only the war.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How did Anne and her sister Margot die?

• Anne and Margot die of the disease typhus.

• Anne and Margot survive the concentration camps.

• Anne and Margot die of starvation.

• Anne and Margot are worked to death in a labor camp.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What was happening to Jews in Germany around the time the Franks fled to the Netherlands?

• Jews are dismissed from medical, legal, government and teaching positions.

• Otto Frank begins the process of moving his family to the safety in the Netherlands.

• All political parties, except the Nazi Party are banned.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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Approximately how long after Anne and Margot's deaths did the war in Europe end?

• 2 months

• 2 years

• 6 months

• 1 and a half years

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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The timeline entry for June 12, 1942 notes that the family Anne calls the Van Daans were actually the Van pels, and Mr. Dussel was really Mr. Pfeffer. Infer why Anne may have changed these people's names in her diary?

• Anne may have changed the names to protect people's privacy if she would have decided to have her work published.

• Anne did not change the names of the family or person in hiding with her.

• Anne did not know the real names of the family or person in hiding with her.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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The timeline notes that on August 4, 1944, "the hiding place of the Franks is discovered, and the families are arrested." How does The Diary of Anne Frank elaborate on this event? Support your response with details from the play. (Act II, Scene 4)

REMEMBER... R.A.C.E.!  RESTATE & ANSWER the question first. CITE text evidence. EXPLAIN your text evidence and how it proves your answer.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9