quiz for reading

Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

"So much has happened it's as if the whole world has turned upside down."

Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

"The thought of Father visiting someone, completely unaware of what was happening... reduced us to silence."

Choose from the options below to identify the tense and point of view of the previous passage is written.

Present tense; first person

Why does the author begin the second diary entry with the paragraph below? It seems like years since Sunday morning. So much has happened it's as if the whole world had suddenly turned upside down. But as you can see, Kitty, I'm still alive, and that's the main thing, Father says. I'm alive all right, but don't ask where or how. You probably don't understand a word I'm saying today, so I'll begin by telling you what happened Sunday afternoon.

She knows events so extreme have taken place that she must completely re-orient her writing.

What can we infer about Anne from her diary?

That she longs for a normal adolescence.

Place the events below in chronological order.

The SS calls up Mr. Frank,Margot tells Anne the call-up was actually for her,The Franks go into hiding

What is the central idea, or theme, of the diary excerpts?

The suddenness of their need to flee plunged the Franks into a bizarre existence.

Which of following inferences is best supported by the excerpt below? I was stunned. A call-up: everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. How could we let Father go to such a fate? "Of course he's not going," declared Margot as we waited for Mother in the living room. "Mother's gone to Mr. van Daan to ask whether we can move to our hiding place tomorrow. The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven of us altogether." Silence. We couldn't speak. The thought of Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the heat, the suspense - all this reduced us to silence. Answer choices for the above question

They are horrified that Father is out, not knowing the SS has called for him.

What do you think is the most likely reason for the author to have continued this diary after she and her family went into hiding?

To feel, in the midst of chaos, that something was under her control.

What do the following lines reveal about Anne's feelings concerning Hello? Something unexpected happened yesterday morning. As I was passing the bicycle racks, I heard my name being called. I turned around and there was the nice boy I'd met the evening before at my friend Wilma's. He's Wilma's second cousin. I used to think Wilma was nice, which she is, but all she ever talks about is boys, and that gets to be a bore. He came toward me, somewhat shyly, and introduced himself as Hello Silberberg. I was a little surprised and wasn't sure what he wanted, but it didn't take me long to find out. He asked if I would allow him to accompany me to school. "As long as you're headed that way, I'll go with you," I said. And so we walked together. Hello is sixteen and good at telling all kinds of funny stories.

His attention is not unwelcome.