CBSE Class 10 English From the Diary of Anne Frank Important Questions Set 01

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

(a). ‘Paper has more patience than people.’ What does this imply?
This implies that Anne ______.
(a) believed in the power of writing more than speaking to people
(b) felt that she could pour her heart out on paper without any hindrance
(c) had more faith in sharing her thoughts and feelings with paper
(d) felt that she could share her feelings openly on paper
Answer: (b) felt that she could pour her heart out on paper without any hindrance

(b). Pick the option that is ODD one out with reference to the meaning of ‘patience’.
(a) indolence
(b) perseverance
(c) tolerance
(d) grit
Answer: (a) indolence

(c). If the diary were a ‘real friend’, what qualities would Anne expect it to have? Pick the option that lists these correctly.
1. optimistic
2. good listener
3. confidant
4. energetic
5. non-judgemental
6. outgoing
7. ambitious
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 5, 6 and 7
(c) 2, 3 and 5
(d) 3 and 7
Answer: (c) 2, 3 and 5

(d). Pick out the sentence that brings out the meaning of ‘brooding’ as used in the extract.
(a) The mysterious house on the hill is still brooding above the village.
(b) The people at the stock market always keep brooding about the gains.
(c) He was brooding over the matter and took a long time to decide.
(d) Suspense and drama were brooding at the site of the investigation.
Answer: (c) He was brooding over the matter and took a long time to decide.

(e). Anne doesn’t plan to let anyone else read her diary as ______.
(a) she is secretive about her life
(b) it’s about her intimate feelings
(c) she is unwilling to share it with anyone
(d) she wants to cherish these moments herself
Answer: (b) it’s about her intimate feelings

(f). Pick the option that describes the picture that most appropriately corresponds to ‘chatterbox’.
(a) a crowd of people standing and talking in groups
(b) a man whose head is replaced by a speech bubble saying “blah blah blah”
(c) two people talking, their speech bubbles fitting together like jigsaw pieces
(d) a speaker addressing an audience from a podium
Answer: (b) a man whose head is replaced by a speech bubble saying “blah blah blah”

(g). Anne thought she could confide more in her diary than in people. What does this imply? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: Anne thought she could confide more in her diary because she didn’t have a true friend to confide in. She did not use the diary the way most people do but treated it as her best friend. In her diary, she could pour her heart out without hindrance or judgement.

(h). Pick out the emotion which clearly brings out the meaning of ‘listless’ as used in the extract.
(1) a sleepy face
(2) a sad face
(3) an annoyed face
(4) a yawning (bored) face
(a) (1)
(b) (2)
(c) (3)
(d) (4)
Answer: (d) (4)

(i). How does Anne’s decision to write in her diary reflect her need for companionship?
Answer: Anne hopes that through her diary she can create a bond with someone who understands her. She wants to be heard and validated, something she feels she lacks in her current friendships.

(j). If the diary were a ‘real friend’, what qualities would Anne expect it to have?
Answer: If the diary were a real friend, Anne would expect it to be a good listener, a confidante and non-judgemental, someone with whom she could share her secrets without any fear of being judged.

(k). Pick the option that is ODD with reference to the meaning of ‘patience’.
(a) indolence
(b) perseverance
(c) tolerance
(d) grit
Answer: (a) indolence

Extract 2

(a). According to the passage which of the statements are TRUE?
1. Anne had no friends.
2. Anne had no real friends.
3. Anne’s family was not supportive.
4. Anne had a close-knit family.
5. Anne desperately wanted a close friend.
6. Anne started writing a diary because she had no hobbies.
7. Anne’s classmates were very close to her.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 4, 5 and 6
(c) 5, 6 and 7
(d) 2, 4 and 5
Answer: (d) 2, 4 and 5

(b). Why would no one believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world, according to Anne Frank?
Answer: No one would believe that because normally, young teenagers have lots of friends.

(c). In the statement, ‘Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place’ what is the meaning of the underlined expression?
(a) get back on track
(b) beating around the bush
(c) how things stand
(d) running around in circles
Answer: (a) get back on track

(d). Which of the following words express the same meaning of the word prompted as used in the passage?
(a) propelled
(b) drove
(c) incited
(d) pressurised
Answer: (b) drove

Extract 3

(a). Anne wanted a diary to be her best friend means that ______.
(a) she had no real friends
(b) all her friends wrote diaries
(c) she was a difficult person to be friends with
(d) her family was not loving enough with her
Answer: (a) she had no real friends

(b). A synonym of the word ‘sketch’ as used in the above passage is ______.
(a) introduction
(b) drawing
(c) character sketch
(d) bio sketch
Answer: (a) introduction

(c). Anne refers to her diary as a ‘long awaited friend’. Why? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: Anne calls her diary a ‘long awaited friend’ because there was an emptiness in her life that was filled up by her diary. She considered it her close and ‘long awaited friend’ and even thought of giving it a name ‘Kitty’ because a friend must have an identity.

(d). Complete the statement. Anne needs to give a brief sketch about her family because ______.
Answer: none will understand a word of her stories in case she starts writing directly in her diary.

(e). Who was the long-awaited friend of Anne? Why?
Answer: The diary, which Anne named ‘Kitty’, was the long-awaited friend of Anne, because she had no true friend in her life with whom she could share her feelings and thoughts.

(f). What did she provide in her diary?
Answer: She provided a brief sketch of her life and her family in her diary.

(g). Find a word from the extract which means the same as ‘submerge’.
Answer: The word is ‘plunge’.

(h). To write down an idea as and when it occurs to the mind is called ...
Answer: ‘to jot down’.

(i). Why does Anne call ‘her’ a long awaited friend?
Answer: Anne called her so because she long wanted to have a friend in which she could confide in, and Kitty, her diary served her purpose.

(j). Why does Anne want to keep a diary? Why does she feel she can trust a diary more than the people?
Answer: She wanted to keep a diary because she felt that people change and can’t be trusted but paper doesn’t change and patiently documents one’s experiences.

Extract 4

(a). Which of the given statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
1. Anne went to Holland first and her sister followed her.
2. Anne’s grandmother took care of her and her sister in her parents’ absence.
3. Margot went to Holland first and Anne followed her.
4. Anne’s parents migrated to Holland leaving her and her sister alone.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
Answer: (a) 1 and 4

(b). What does the extract tell us about Anne’s relationship with her father?
Answer: Anne calls her father ‘the most adorable father in the world’ and that shows that both shared a close bond with each other.

(c). The meaning of the phrasal verb ‘plunked down’ is ______.
Answer: plopped down

(d). The word ‘emigrate’ in the passage means the same as ______.
(a) to settle down in another country for a few years.
(b) to work in another country.
(c) to leave one’s own country to settle elsewhere permanently.
(d) to visit another country for a short while.
Answer: (c) to leave one’s own country to settle elsewhere permanently.

(e). When and where was Anne Frank born?
Answer: Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany on 12th June, 1929.

(f). With whom did Anne and her sister Margot stay in Aachen? Why?
Answer: Anne and her sister Margot stayed with their grandmother in Aachen as their parents had emigrated to Holland.

(g). Find out the opposite of ‘immigrated’ used in the extract.
Answer: The word ‘emigrated’ is the opposite of ‘immigrated’.

(h). Which word in the extract means ‘to dote on’?
Answer: The word is ‘adorable’ (from ‘adore’).

Extract 5

(a). CN and Jacques staking their entire holiday savings on their bet implies that ______
(a) they are quite confident of not moving up the next form
(b) they are quite confident of just scraping through
(c) they are quite confident of passing with flying colours
(d) they both think that the other one will pass
Answer: (d) they both think that the other one will pass

(b). Select the option that correctly captures the meaning of the expression ‘quaking in its boots’ as used in the extract.
(a) scared and nervous
(b) shocked and afraid
(c) feeling cold and bitter
(d) swaying and moving
Answer: (a) scared and nervous

(c). Anne says, ‘Half the class is making bets.’ What does this tell us about the situation in the school? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: It seems that half the class was academically challenged. Probably, the war had disturbed the equilibrium in society by dislocating or uprooting people and forcing them to migrate to safer areas and it showed in the performance of the students whose schooling had been disrupted.

(d). Complete the blank. ‘If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.’ Anne calls her teachers ‘unpredictable because ______.
Answer: they will move up the entire class despite the fact that almost a quarter didn’t deserve it.

Extract 6

(a). Anne didn’t want to just ramble on in the essay Mr Keesing had given her as punishment homework. What does this show about her?
(a) She had self-belief.
(b) She was argumentative.
(c) She was an egoist.
(d) She was disrespectful.
Answer: (a) She had self-belief.

(b). Anne did not wish to follow the beaten track of casually doing her homework. How do we know this?
Answer: She wanted to come up with a convincing counter argument about the necessity of talking rather than just filling up the writing space by leaving gaps between words.

(c). Fill up the blank to complete the statement: When Anne said that ______ she was referring to the typical behaviour of students in a classroom.
Answer: talking was a student’s trait

(d). What is Anne’s intention when she says the following sentence? ‘I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did if not more, and that there’s not much you can do about inherited traits.’
(a) Her mother was to be blamed.
(b) She herself was guilty.
(c) She refuted the accusation.
(d) She refused to defend her position.
Answer: (a) Her mother was to be blamed.

(e). What is the main feature of an essay according to Anne?
Answer: The main feature of an essay is ‘to give convincing arguments’, here in support of the necessity of talking.

(f). What did Anne argue in the essay? Why?
Answer: Anne argued that talking was a student’s trait and that she got it from her mother, so nothing could be done about this inherited trait.

(g). What does the idiom ‘caught my eye’ mean?
Answer: ‘Caught my eye’ means ‘attracted my attention’.

(h). What do you understand by ‘inherited traits’?
Answer: It means a particular quality of one’s personality which one inherits from one’s parents.

Extract 7

(a). Which of the following options cannot be used in evidence to prove that Mr Keesing took the joke in good-humour?
(a) He read the piece in the other classes.
(b) He stopped checking Anne for her talkative ways.
(c) The class roared with laughter.
(d) He himself began to crack jokes.
Answer: (c) The class roared with laughter.

(b). How did Anne ensure that the joke was on Mr Keesing and not on her?
Answer: She wrote a story in verse about three ducklings who are bitten to death by their father because they quacked too much in response to Mr Keesing’s punishment homework for continuously chattering in the class.

(c). In the statement, ‘My friend, Sanne, who’s good at poetry, offered to help me write the essay from beginning to end in verse and I jumped for joy’ the meaning of the underlined expression cannot be ______.
(a) delighted
(b) excited
(c) ecstatic
(d) exalted
Answer: (d) exalted

(d). We know that Mr Keesing enjoyed the poem written by Anne because not only ______ but also ______ with other classes.
Answer: did he read the poem to the class, adding his own comments (but also) shared it

(e). Why did the class laugh heartily?
Answer: The class laughed heartily because Mr. Keesing asked Anne to write an essay as extra homework on the topic — ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox’.

(f). What did Anne decide to do this time?
Answer: This time, Anne decided to play a joke on Mr. Keesing himself.

(g). What was the help offered by her friend?
Answer: Anne’s friend was going to help her write the entire essay in verse.

(h). How did Keesing try to play a joke on Anne?
Answer: Mr. Keesing asked Anne to write a new essay on the same theme on which he had already given her extra homework previously.

(i). Pick out a word from the passage which is the adjective form of ‘ridicule’. (CBSE Delhi 2011)
Answer: Ridiculous

Extract 8

(a). Why does Anne feel the following?
‘No one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world.’
Answer: In the extract, Anne clearly says, “I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends.” She also had a cheerful personality. This is why she feels no one will believe she is lonely.

(b). Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2).
(1) Except my one true friend.
(2) Anne doesn’t truly connect with anyone.
(a) (1) is true and (2) is false.
(b) (2) is the opposite of (1).
(c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).
(d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
Answer: (c) (1) furthers the meaning of (2).

(c). State whether the given statement is TRUE or FALSE.
Anne has a dissatisfied tone in the extract.
Answer: True

(d). According to Anne, what change would a ‘true friend’ bring into her life? Elaborate in about 40 words.
Answer: According to Anne, there was nothing lacking in her life except a ‘true friend’. With her other friends, she could not open up about anything except ordinary, everyday things. She wanted a ‘true friend’ who would listen to and understand everything she had to say, from the mundane to her deeply personal feelings.

(e). Why was Anne Frank lonely even when she had loving parents, relatives and friends?
Answer: Anne Frank was lonely even after being surrounded by so many people because she didn’t have a true friend.

(f). Why did Anne decide to write a diary?
Answer: Anne decided to write a diary because she could not confide in anyone and felt isolated.

(g). Find the word that means the same as ‘unluckily’.
Answer: The word is ‘unfortunately’.

(h). To confide in somebody is to ...
Answer: tell somebody your secrets or personal information.

(i). Why was Anne Frank disturbed even when she had loving parents, relatives and friends?
(a) Due to being listless.
(b) Due to lack of a true friend.
(c) Due to her hostile nature.
(d) Due to her teacher.
Answer: (b) Due to lack of a true friend.

(j). Why did Anne Frank decide to write a diary?
(a) To keep track of her day-to-day activities.
(b) To write poetry.
(c) To become an authoress.
(d) To share her secrets with a trusted source.
Answer: (d) To share her secrets with a trusted source.

(k). Which word in the extract means ‘unluckily’?
(a) unfortunately
(b) clearly
(c) completely
(d) liable
Answer: (a) unfortunately

(l). What things according to Anne are not ‘liable to change’?
(a) Her family and friends.
(b) Content of her diary.
(c) Anne and her sixteen year old sister.
(d) Anne’s inability to confide in a friend.
Answer: (d) Anne’s inability to confide in a friend.

Extract 9

(a). In her description of her notebook, why does Anne use quotes around the word ‘diary’?
Answer: Anne uses quotes around the word ‘diary’ because she was being sarcastic. She did not think of her plain notebook as a grand diary.

(b). Based on the extract, describe why writing is an effective way to express emotions. Answer in 40 words.
Answer: Anne mentions that ‘Paper has more patience than people’, which implies that it is easier to express emotions by writing them down than by expressing them to another person. Writing thus serves as an effective, patient and non-judgemental outlet for thoughts and feelings.

(c). Provide a line/phrase from the extract that justifies why the following statement is FALSE.
Anne was able to confide in a lot of people.
Answer: “...unless I should ever find a real friend...”

(d). Mention one word that can correctly replace ‘musings’ in the sentence below from the extract.
...neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. (CBSE Practice Set 2023)
Answer: thoughts / reflections

(e). To whom does ‘I’ refer in the given extract?
Answer: ‘I’ refers to Anne Frank in the given extract.

(f). ‘Paper has more patience than people’ — Why did Anne Frank say that?
Answer: Anne Frank said that ‘paper has more patience than people’ because one can rely on paper to confide one’s secrets in, and it listens patiently, carefully and silently.

(g). Find a word in the extract that means ‘deep thought’.
Answer: The word is ‘musings’.

(h). Why is the word ‘listless’ used in the extract?
Answer: In the extract, the word ‘listless’ describes the lethargic state Anne felt herself to be in.

Extract 10

(a). How does Mr Keesing’s assignment of the essay ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox’ serve as both a punishment and a creative response to Anne Frank’s talkative nature?
Answer: Mr Keesing aims to curb Anne’s chattiness while nurturing a more disciplined and imaginative way of expression. He playfully penalises Anne for her talkative behaviour, using a creative task to address the issue.

(b). In the context of Mr Keesing, the phrase ‘had a good laugh’ implies ______.
Answer: that he did not take Anne’s arguments too seriously

(c). With reference to Anne Frank’s approach to authority figures like Mr Keesing, which option is the LEAST likely?
(a) Subtle resistance to authority
(b) Assertiveness and independence
(c) Enthusiasm for intellectual discourse
(d) Compliance with classroom norms
Answer: (d) Compliance with classroom norms

(d). The use of terms like ‘______’ and ‘______’ point towards Anne’s talkative and lively communication style. (CBSE Practice Set 2023)
Answer: ‘chatterbox’; ‘quack’

(e). State TRUE or FALSE:
None of the inferences (1)-(4) below can be applied in the context of Mr Keesing’s actions.
‘Had a good laugh’, in the context of Mr Keesing, implies that:
(1) He was amused at her cleverness.
(2) He approved of her behaviour.
(3) He considered the arguments to be valid.
(4) He realised the humour in it.
Answer: False

(f). What factors influenced Mr Keesing’s decision to assign Anne the title ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’ for her writing?
Answer: Anne kept talking in class even after her first essay, so Mr Keesing felt she could not be corrected — hence the word ‘incorrigible’.

(g). Which phrase would correctly substitute ‘talk my way’ in the given sentence from the extract?
“When I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay.”
Answer: keep talking all the way

(h). Based on your reading of the extract, what opinion do you form about Mr Keesing? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: Mr Keesing appears to be a patient teacher with a sense of humour. Instead of scolding Anne, he laughed at her arguments and kept giving her creative essay topics as punishment. He was strict about discipline but handled it in a good-natured, imaginative way.

(i). What convincing argument was made by Anne?
(a) She was talkative just like any other student in the class.
(b) She had the right to be talkative, as it was a classroom and not a prison.
(c) She had inherited the trait from her mother, so couldn’t stop being talkative.
(d) She found it impossible to be quiet like the others as she couldn’t change herself.
Answer: (c) She had inherited the trait from her mother, so couldn’t stop being talkative.

(j). What does ‘had a good laugh’ imply, in the context of Mr. Keesing? It means that he:
(a) celebrated his ability to make Anne write the essay.
(b) ridiculed Anne in front of the whole class.
(c) pulled up Anne for her arguments in the essay.
(d) realised the humour in it and was amused.
Answer: (d) realised the humour in it and was amused.

(k). Based on this extract, pick the option with the list of words that best describe Mr Keesing.
(a) jovial and creative
(b) strict and innovative
(c) tolerant and strict
(d) innovative and jovial
Answer: (b) strict and innovative

(l). Why do you think Mr Keesing chose the title- ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’ - for Anne, to write on? This was so because he expected:
(a) Anne to express her ability to elaborate on such a topic.
(b) that this would embarrass Anne and would check her indiscipline.
(c) her to apologise and not repeat her talkative behaviour.
(d) Anne to explore her creative writing skills.
Answer: (b) that this would embarrass Anne and would check her indiscipline.

(m). How did Anne feel when she was punished the third time by Mr Keesing?
(a) She was happy as she had to write three essays on the same topic.
(b) She enjoyed making fun of Mr. Keesing in her own way.
(c) She was worried as she had run out of original ideas for her essay.
(d) She was thrilled at another opportunity to showcase her writing abilities.
Answer: (c) She was worried as she had run out of original ideas for her essay.

Extract 11

(a). Which of the following is NOT what ‘fogey’ refers to?
(a) Young and energetic person
(b) Old-fashioned or conservative person
(c) A boring person with old ideas
(d) Outdated or obsolete person
Answer: (a) Young and energetic person

(b). If an actor were to enact this extract, what would he be required to focus on, while modulating his voice?
Answer: The actor would need a light, chatty and slightly mischievous tone, showing Anne’s carefree attitude towards the punishment.

(c). ‘A chatterbox — what can you write about that?’ This sentence is an example of a(n):
(a) rhetorical question
(b) imaginary talk
(c) dream imagery
(d) metaphor
Answer: (a) rhetorical question

(d). Why is it appropriate to say that Anne’s tone, when she says, “what can you write about that? I’d worry about that later, I decided.”, is dismissive or unconcerned? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer: Anne does not take the punishment seriously. She brushes the topic aside with a rhetorical question and casually postpones thinking about it, simply jotting down the title and putting it away. This careless postponement shows that she was unconcerned and dismissive about the task.

(e). Choose the box that lists the correct option about the teachers in the school.
(a) There were ten of them. Seven men and three women teachers.
(b) There were nine of them. Seven men and two women teachers.
(c) There were eight of them. Four men and four women teachers.
(d) There were eleven of them. Seven men and four women teachers.
Answer: (b) There were nine of them. Seven men and two women teachers.

(f). What do you understand about the narrator when she calls Mr. Keesing, an ‘old fogey’?
(a) bullying
(b) normal
(c) naughty
(d) respectful
Answer: (c) naughty

(g). Mr. Keesing punished the narrator ________ times.
(a) once
(b) twice
(c) many
(d) seldom
Answer: (b) twice

(h). What was the topic of the essay to be written?
(a) Chitterbox
(b) Clutterbox
(c) Sweetbox
(d) Chatterbox
Answer: (d) Chatterbox

(i). The extract uses the phrase, ‘jotted down’ emphatically. Choose the option that would explain the meaning according to the usage.
(a) noted
(b) marked
(c) highlighted
(d) seriously noted
Answer: (a) noted

Extract 12

(a). Why did Anne’s teacher always get annoyed with her?
(a) Because she was a dumb child.
(b) Because she was naughty.
(c) Because she talked too much in the class.
(d) Because she laughed too much in the class.
Answer: (c) Because she talked too much in the class.

(b). What does Anne write in her first essay?
(a) That talking is a student’s trait.
(b) That a student shouldn’t talk.
(c) That a student shouldn’t study.
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) That talking is a student’s trait.

(c). What do you mean by the phrase ‘the class roared’?
(a) The students of the class shouted.
(b) The students of the class laughed.
(c) The students of the class screamed.
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) The students of the class laughed.

(d). Ingenuity means:
(a) dumbness
(b) creativity
(c) stupidity
(d) none of these
Answer: (b) creativity

(e). Mr. Keesing thought Anne to be a ___________.
(a) dumb girl
(b) clever girl
(c) lazy girl
(d) chatterbox
Answer: (d) chatterbox

(f). Why did her teacher always get annoyed with her?
Answer: Mr. Keesing, who was her teacher, always got annoyed with her because she talked too much in the class.

Extract 13

(a). Who is ‘I’ in the above extract?
(a) Anne
(b) Kitty
(c) diary
(d) Mr. Keesing
Answer: (a) Anne

(b). Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. I could not finish my poem.
2. it was beautiful.
3. mother duck was bitten.
4. father swan bit the ducklings.
5. they did not quack.
6. they quacked too much.
7. Mr. Keesing could not read the poem.
(a) 1, 3, 7
(b) 2, 3, 6
(c) 4, 5, 6
(d) 3, 4, 5
Answer: (a) 1, 3, 7

(c). Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and myth/s (M) of the students below.
1. Mr. Keesing reads the poem to the class.
2. Mother duck attacked the ducklings.
3. Mr. Keesing kept the written poem in his cupboard.
4. Father swan bit the ducklings.
(a) F – 1 and 3, M – 2 and 4
(b) F – 1 and 2, M – 3 and 4
(c) F – 1 and 4, M – 2 and 3
(d) F – 3 and 4, M – 1 and 2
Answer: (c) F – 1 and 4, M – 2 and 3

(d). The antonym of ‘ugly’ as given in the extract is_________.
(a) pretty
(b) fascinating
(c) beautiful
(d) cute
Answer: (c) beautiful

(e). What did Mr. Keesing add to the poem while reading it?
(a) Another poem
(b) A story
(c) A picture
(d) His comments
Answer: (d) His comments

Short Answer Questions

Question 1. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank? (NCERT)
Answer: First, she had never written anything like this before and secondly, she thought that nobody was going to read or would be interested in her diary.

Question 2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary? (NCERT)
Answer: Because she doesn’t have a friend with whom she can share her feelings.

Question 3. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in other people? (NCERT)
Answer: She could confide in a close friend but she didn’t have one, the friends she had were there to have more fun and good times rather than the ones in whom she could confide.

Question 4. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life? (NCERT)
Answer: She thought that nobody would understand a single word without her giving the brief sketch of her life.

Question 5. What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother? (NCERT)
Answer: She often thought of her grandmother and still loved her.

Question 6. Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do? (NCERT)
Answer: Mr Keesing was annoyed with her because Anne talked very much in class. After several warnings he assigned her extra homework.