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9. Explain why Anne Frank’s diary became such an important historical document.

10. How long did Anne and her family remain in hiding? What challenges did they face
during this time?

11. What happened to the members of the annex after they were discovered? Who
survived?

12. Why do you think Otto Frank decided to publish Anne’s diary?

13. Anne Frank once wrote, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really
good at heart.” What does this quote tell you about her character? How is it
meaningful in the context of her life circumstances?

14. Write down the features of biography present in the above text.
15. What language technique is used in the title? Write one importance of the same.

16. Complete the following table with examples from the above text:

Language Feature Examples

Simple Sentence

Compound Sentence

Complex Sentence

TEXT B

"I will think of it."

It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We
cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them, and yet what mighty power they
have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evening when he saw an apple
fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discovered
how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside watching the lid of the tea kettle as it
moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle
moved the heavy lid. From that time, he went on thinking and thinking, and when he
became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could do the work of many