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Anne Frank Chapter 1 and 2

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  • What was the hiding place called?
    The Secret Annexe.
  • What happens if the Germans send you a call-up notice?
    You are forced to go to terrible concentration camps and dark lonely cells.
  • How did everyone feel when they first started living together?
    They felt like one large family.
  • Where is Anne's family from?
    They are originally from Germany.
  • What were the most important things that Anne packed?
    Her diary, comb, schoolbooks and old letters. Memories were more important to her than dresses.
  • What does Anne call her diary?
    She calls her diary "Kitty".
  • Who does Anne have a bad feelings about?
    Mr van Daan, her mother treats her like a baby and Peter annoys her.
  • Where did the Mr. and Mrs. van Daan sleep?
    They slept in the kitchen.
  • How did they hide the entrance to the secret annexe?
    They covered the door with a bookcase.
  • Who was older, Anne or Margot? By how many years?
    Margot was three years older.
  • Who are the members of Anne's family?
    Edith, Otto, and Margot Frank. Her cat Moortje.
  • On what day did Anne get her diary?
    On her thirteenth birthday. On Friday June 12th 1942.
  • Who is Miep?
    A close friend and business partner to Otto Frank.
  • What does hypochondriac mean?
    Someone who is abnormally anxious/worried about their health.
  • Why did Anne's family move to Holland?
    They are Jewish and wanted to be safe from Hitler and his anti-Jewish laws.
  • How do the people of the annexe take baths?
    They must use a small tin tub and carry the hot water to their own place to wash.
  • What type of food is in the Secret Annexe?
    Bread is delivered daily by a nice baker and they have cans of vegetables, dried beans and potatoes stored away.
  • How are the Jews treated in the Westerbork concentration camps?
    There is only one washing sink, not enough toilets, no privacy, little food and many die of starvation or illness.
  • Name three anti-Jewish laws. How do you feel about these laws?
    Wear a yellow star, not allowed to ride bicycles, use public transport, drive cars. Shop only at Jewish shops between 3 and 5 o clock. Page 18.
  • Why is Anne's diary so important to her?
    She needs the diary to know her deepest thoughts because she has no close friends to tell her secrets to.
  • Where did Edith and Otto Frank sleep?
    In the living room.
  • Why didn't the people help Anne's family move? 
    The family were Jewish and wore yellow stars, so because of the anti-Jewish laws, the other people didn't want to get in trouble.
  • Why did Anne's family have to hide?
    The SS sent a call-up notice. They didn't want the Germans to take their belongings and to be sent away to camps.
  • Who understands Anne the best?
    She thinks her dad understands her the best.
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