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From the diary of Anne Frank Question and Answers

Q1. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

A. It was the first time Anne was writing in a diary. She felt that later no one would be
interested in reading about the thoughts of a young girl. Both these facts made it a strange
experience for her.

Q2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
A. Anne wanted to keep a diary and write in it because she had a lot going on in her head.
She had no friend with whom she could talk about such personal stuff. Thus, she decided to
maintain a diary.

Q3. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
A. According to Anne Frank, “paper has more patience than people”. She chose to confide
more in her diary because she felt there was no friend who could listen to her with enough
patience.

Q4. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?
A. Anne feels it would be weird to just simply jot down facts without giving her background.
In case someone might read it in future, he/she won‟t be able to understand vaguely stated
facts. Thus, she decided to provide a brief sketch of her life.

Q5. What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?
A. The fact that Anne spent some part of her childhood with her grandmother is self-
sufficient to imply connection between the two. Also, she explicitly mentioned in her diary
that she misses her grandmother more than anyone is aware of is evident enough that she
loved her grandmother.

Q6. Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?
A. Mr Keesing, Anne‟s maths professor was annoyed with her because she would not stop
talking during his lectures as a result of which, he gave her assignments as punishments.

Q7. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?
A. Anne explained that she got this habit of speaking too much from her mother, mentioning
that it was inherited.