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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry and Ron find Lockhart doing when they go to give him information about the Chamber of Secrets after Lockhart volunteered to enter the chamber to get Ginny back?

2. What happens when Harry puts on the sorting hat and begs for help?

3. What does Dumbledore tell Harry to look closely at for proof that he belongs in Gryffindor house?

4. Who is the first one to find Ron and Harry wandering in the halls while they are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?

5. What is wrong when Harry and Ron ask a girl for directions to the Slytherin common room while they are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Draco Malfoy produces a snake during dueling class in Chapter Eleven?

2. What are the students saying about Harry after they find he can speak to snakes like Salazar Slytherin?

3. What does Dumbledore tell Harry while in his office in Chapter Twelve?

4. What are some of the presents Harry gets for Christmas?

5. What do Harry and Ron find in Hermione's hand when they go to visit her in the hospital wing in chapter Sixteen?

6. Explain how Hermione, Ron and Harry get Lockhart to sign a permission form for them to retrieve a book from the restricted section of the library.

7. What does Dobby reveal to Harry when he comes to see him in the hospital wing in Chapter Ten?

8. What do Harry and Ron overhear the teachers talking about in Chapter Sixteen regarding the Chamber of Secrets?

9. What happens when Harry gives Lucius Malfoy the diary that belonged to Tom Riddle?

10. How does Gilderoy Lockhart plan to boost the school moral in Chapter Thirteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hermione puts her schooling in danger by mixing the Polyjuice Potion. Explain the reason she was so willing to get into trouble making the potion. Is it possible that part of the reason she was willing to make the potion was because of the thrill of breaking the rules or to get revenge on Draco for calling her a Mudblood? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Gilderoy Lockhart's effect on the other teachers at the school.

Part 1-Had Lockhart not been there, would Harry and Ron have gone into the Chamber by themselves?

Part 2-What would have been different in the story if Lockhart had not been there? Remember that Lockhart suggested the dueling club and was the cause of other situations.

Essay Topic 3

The Weasley children are all very different. Explain the importance of the differences between Percey, Ginny, Ron, and the twins George and Fred. Did each of these characters play an important role on Harry in the book? Explain.

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