LAST MINUTE REVISION CHAPTER 4 FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

KEY POINT

 Anne Frank was a 13 year old Jewish girl who wrote a diary while her family was hiding in Amsterdam from the Naziz who were incurring atrocities during World War II.
 Anne wrote the diary to overcome loneliness in her life.

She named it Kitty. 

She couldn’t confide in anyone and felt that paper has more patience. Also she thought nobody would be interested in the diary as she was a small girl.
 Anne adored her father.

She had an elder sister Margot and they lived in Frankfurt before they migrated to Holland for refuge.

Her mother stayed behind with her grandmother.
 She had sweet memories of Mrs. Kuperus at Montessori School.

Her grandmother fell ill in 1941 and died in 1942.

This broke her
 Anne considered teachers to be the most unpredictable creatures on earth.

She had good relationship with all teachers except Mr Keesing who punished her several times for talking too much during the lessons.
 She wrote an essay on A Chatterbox as punishment, saying that talking was a student’s trait and she inherited it from her mother.

Again as punishment she wrote an essay on An Incorrigible Chatterbox.

Then she wrote an essay on Quack Quack Quack said Mistress Chatterbox.
 Her friend Sanne helped her write it in verse. It said that father Duck beat the three ducklings as they quacked too much and made them deaf.
 Mr Keesing took the joke in the right way and didn’t bother Anne for talking thereafter and

IMPORTANT QUESTION ANSWER

Q.1 Why did Anne think of writing a diary?

Q.2 What joke did Anne play with the help of her friend on Mr. Keesing?