7^th Grade English Name:______________________

The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank

Pages 158-198

1. Complete the quote: “Riches can be lost, but happiness_______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________. As long as you can ___________________________________________________________________________

as long as you know that ________________________________________________________, and that you will ___________________________________________________________________________.”

2. Page 160: What are some ways that Peter and Anne are alike? What are some ways they are different?

3. Page 162: When you feel discouraged, what is Mrs. Van Daan’s and Mrs. Frank’s advice? Why does Anne think that is stupid advice?

4. Pages168-170: Fill in the chart below:

“…it was a heavenly life” because:	It wasn’t really a “heavenly life” because…
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5. Pages173-174: Fill in the chart below:

Things the families will NOT be able to have/eat:

Things the family WILL have to have/eat:

6. Pages 179-181: Fill in the chart:

Things Anne said to or told Peter:

Things Peter said to or told Anne:

7. Margot’s letter to Anne, pages 182-183: Margot says she is not really jealous of neither Anne nor Peter. But what IS she jealous about?

8. Pages 187-190: Politics. Fill in the blanks:

a. Optimists, pessimists, and realists, “each one thinking he is ______________________.”

b. The British are making a business of ______________________________________________________.

c. The Germans make a business of _______________________________________.

d. A speech by [British leader] Winston Churchill is ____________________________.

9. Pages 194-195. The main subject of this entry relates to Peter. What is the main subject of this entry, “the other” that will “come too”? What is “the other”?

10. Pages 196-199: Anne as a writer.

a. What does Anne want to be as a profession when she is older? _______________________________

b. Who is the best critic Anne has found for her writing? ______________________________________

c. Who will Anne write for, if she cannot become a professional writer? __________________________

d. What does Anne want to do after her death? ______________________________________________

e. What does writing allow Anne to “shake off”? ____________________________________________

f. The “great question” is, “Will I ever be able to write any thing ______________________________?”

g. “I think I shall succeed, because ______________________________________________________!”