Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________________________
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Act I Scene 3
(Answers must be in complete sentences.)
CHARACTERS: Summarize what happens to each character in scene 3.
1. Mr. Frank –
2. Mrs. Frank –
3. Anne –
4. Margot –
5. Mr. Van Daan –
6. Mrs. Van Daan –
7. Mr. Kraler –
8. Dussel –
QUESTIONS: (Use complete sentences.)
1. How many months have passed since scene 2?
2. How is Mrs. Van Daan acting around Mr. Frank?
3. What are Peter and Anne’s feelings towards each other? Describe.
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4. What did Mrs. Van Daan say to keep the boys in their place when she was
younger?
5. Why is Anne on the floor when Mr. Van Daan questions her?
6. What is Mr. Van Daan doing that makes Mrs. Van Daan say that her husband
is bad-tempered all the time? Why does she think this is happening?
7. What does Mrs. Frank do to try to stop the quarrel between Mr. Van Daan
and Anne? How does she manage to divert any other problems?
8. What is Mr. Van Daan frantically looking for? Who hid it and why?
9. According to Mr. Van Daan, what is the main difference between Anne and
Margot’s personalities?
10. What does Anne want to do with her life?
11. What does Mr. Dussel say he’s allergic to?
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12. How does Mrs. Frank describe her daughter Anne?
13. What is the schedule that Mr. Dussel and Anne work out about sharing the
room?
14. How does Mr. Dussel say he gets along with kids? And how does Anne think
Mr. Dussel gets along with kids? Why does she think this?
15. Describe two things that Anne writes in her diary. How do they show that
her character changes while she is in hiding?
16. How has living in the annex affected three other people besides Anne? Use
evidence from the text to show three things that tell this (one for each
character).
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