I said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but I will stay here.

Then he said again, “I’ll be back to check on you. One wrong move and off you go to prison too.” He turned and shut me into the room alone.

I had no idea where he’d gone. I had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. I was in a terrible mental state. I felt as though I were falling into a bottomless hole.

—Anne Frank Remembered,
Miep Gies

Choose the question that would be most effective at encouraging good discussion.

What would you have done if you were Miep Gies in this situation?
Where was the narrator sitting?
Why does the man shut the door to the room?
What would you use to describe your mental state if you were Miep Gies?