Page 2 - NCERT Questions and Answers

Answer: Anne always felt lonely and distressed. So to get rid of all the burden and pain she
wanted to keep a diary in which she would find a true friend as she had hardly any friends whom
she could confide in.

Question 5.Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people.
Answer: Anne felt that paper had more patience than people to listen to her plight. So, it was
easier for her to write all kind of thoughts which she had in her mind. Her personal diary was not
meant for anyone else to read.

Question 6.Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?
Answer:By providing the brief sketch of her life, Anne wants to give an overview of her family,
relatives and her age. This helps the reader to develop a connection with the author.

Question 7.What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?
Answer:Anne lived with her grandmother for sometime while her parents settled down in
Holland. She was very close to her Grandmother. She wrote in her diary, ―No one knows how
often I think of her and still love her‖. On her 13th birthday, she showed her love for her by
lightening up one candle for Grandmother.

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Question 8.Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?
Answer: Mr Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she was very talkative. He punished her
by giving her extra homework to write essays to keep her silent and the topics always related to
her nature.

Question 9. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?
Answer:Anne justified her being a chatterbox in her essay by explaining that it is due to her
mother who was also very talkative and nobody could do anything about their inherited traits. It
was also a trait of a student to be talkative.

Question 10.Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?
Answer:No, Mr Keesing was not a bad or strict teacher because a teacher also thinks about the
welfare of his students. Any teacher would be annoyed if children keep on talking in the class.
Secondly, if he had been strict he would not have laughed at Anne‘s funny arguments.

Question 11.What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?
Answer:Anne‘s last essay in the form of a poem showed Mr Keesing the lighter side of a
naughty child. It helped bridge the generation gap between the teacher and the student.

Thinking about the Text (Page 54)
Question 1.Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the
musings of a 13 year old girl?
Answer: Yes, Anne was right when she said so because most of the people don‘t want to give
importance to a child‘s perspective toward the world because they are considered to be