5. 4) f. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5:

f. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5: Describe how the Hanukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make matters worse?

The Hanukkah celebration in scene 5 is interrupted from a crashing of something falling below the Secret Annex. They were all celebrating Hanukkah joyfully, giving presents to one another and singing songs. When they hear the sound of something falling, they become silent, being in horror and unable to move. It was a sound of a burglar in the house, who was looking for money. After, the burglar leaves the house and the door is opened up wide. So then, Mr. Frank, Anne, and Peter go downstairs in order to close the door. However, Green police are in the streets, and they come into the building. So hurriedly, Mr.Frank, Peter, and Anne hide back into their hiding place. The people in the Secret Annex keep quiet knowing that they are in great trouble if they make any moves or sounds. However, according to Dussel, Peter makes things worse because of his cat, Mouschi. When the people are trying to be quiet, the cat makes sounds and goes around on the table, which the Green Police hears, and makes them become suspicious. The Green Police comes up to the bookshelf, where it leads to the Secret Annex, but Mouschi meows and they leave, recognizing that it was only a cat. However, Dussel says that because of clumsy Peter, someone knows that they are up there in hiding. Possibly, if Mouschi was not there, they would have not given any clues of anyone being up there. I agree with Dussel, and I think that Peter made a clumsy mistake, which he was not to keep a cat in the Secret Annex.