Anne Frank Act Two

In Act II Scene 1 of The Diary of Anne Frank, Mrs. Van Daan is very upset when her husband takes and sells her fur coat. What is the most reasonable inference to make about her motivation for keeping it?

• She intends to give it to Anne or Margot after the war.

• She treasures it as a reminder of her life before the war.

• She wants to keep it in case they need food or medicine.

• She needs it to help her stay warm.

Near the end of Scene 1 of The Diary of Anne Frank Act II, why does Anne rage at her mother?

• Anne feels that her father always takes her mother's side.

• Anne believes that her mother gives her father the biggest portions of food.

• Anne blames her mother for making her stay indoors all the time.

• Anne thinks her mother is unfair, insensitive and doesn't understand her.

In Scene 1 of Act II of The Diary of Anne Frank, what motivates Margot to say, "Sometimes I wish the end would come."

• She wants more food and medicine.

• She wants the others to feel sorry for her.

• She wants to stop living in fear.

• She wants to make Anne angry.

Anne: You're making a big mistake about me, I do it all wrong. I say too much. I go too far. I hurt people's feelings.

Peter: I think you're just fine.... What I want to say . . . if it wasn't for you around here, I don't know. What I mean . . . ."

What does Peter mean here?

• He means that his situation is better because Anne is there.

• He means that he wishes that he and Anne were not in the Annex.

• He means that his situation is worse because Anne is there.

• He means that it does not matter whether or not Anne is there.

In Act II of The Diary of Anne Frank, what is Anne's motivation for spending so much time with Peter?

• She thinks that Peter understands her.

• She wants to teach Peter how to dance.

• She hopes to make Margot jealous.

• She wants to annoy Mrs. Van Daan.

In The Diary of Anne Frank Act II, why does Mrs Van Daan object to Anne and Peter spending a lot of time together?

• She thinks that Mr. Van Daan would disapprove of the relationship.

• She worries about what Anne may be writing in her diary.

• She is afraid that Anne and Peter might run off together.

• She is jealous that Peter is showing affection to someone else.

If one believes that Mrs. Van Daan is jealous that she may be 'losing' Peter to Anne, which quotation from the play best supports this?

• "There would have been plenty for all of us, if you hadn't come in here!"

• "I don't know what good it is to have a son. I never see him. He wouldn't care if I l killed myself."

• "Putti, where are you going? . . . What do you want? Putti, what are you going to do?"

• "He needs more food than the rest of us. He's used to more. He's a big man."

In Scene 3 of Act II of The Diary of Anne Frank, why does Mrs. Frank order the Van Daans to leave the secret annex?

• She is tired of the arguments between the Van Daans.

• She believes that the Allies will soon liberate Amsterdam.

• She is furious about what Mr Van Daan has just been caught doing.

• She believes that the Van Daans have betrayed their hiding place.

Which quote from the text supports the idea that Mrs. Frank orders the Van Daans to leave the secret annex because of Mr. Van Daan's thievery?

• "If my husband had any obligation to you, he's paid it, over and over . . . . I should have spoken out long ago."

• "No. No. I don't mean to suggest anything wrong. I only wish you wouldn't expose yourself to criticism."

• "You should be ashamed of yourself! Talking that way! Think how lucky we are!"

• "You're own son Peter . . . I've heard him moan in his sleep, he's so hungry. And you come in the night and steal food that should go to them . . . to the children!"

Which sentence BEST explains why Mr. Van Daan's theft of bread in The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II, is such a serious act?

• Mr. Van Daan has had plenty to eat already,

• There is little food, and Mr. Van Daan is not the only one who is hungry.

• Mr. Van Daan denies that he has been stealing food, even after he is caught in the act.

• The stress of living together makes a smaller matter seem more important than it really is.