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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is not on the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year?
(a) Neville Longbottom.
(b) Katie Bell.
(c) Ron Weasley.
(d) Ginny Weasley.

2. What does Dumbledore insist Harry and the Weasleys have when they go into Hogsmeade to go shopping?
(a) Invisibility cloaks.
(b) Magic brooms.
(c) Only Hagrid.
(d) Body guards.

3. Who is Mrs. Cole?
(a) Merope's mother.
(b) Dumbledore's sister.
(c) A stranger Harry keeps seeing in his dreams.
(d) The matron of an orphanage.

4. Whose Potions textbook is Harry given until he can get a new one?
(a) Fred's.
(b) George's.
(c) Professor Slughorn's.
(d) The Half-Blood Prince's.

5. What is the reason for the visit to Marvolo Gaunt's house?
(a) There are noise complaints.
(b) He is writing rude letters to the newspaper.
(c) Someone performs magic illegally.
(d) He is writing rude letters to his neighbors.

6. When is the first trip of the year to Hogsmeade scheduled for?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) September.

7. Where is Katie Bell moved to for her recovery after she is attacked?
(a) Her family's house.
(b) The hospital wing.
(c) The Ministry of Magic.
(d) St. Mungo's Hospital.

8. How does Slughorn introduce Harry at his lunch for selected students while on the train to Hogwarts?
(a) As "the chosen one".
(b) As "Harry Potter".
(c) As "the prophet".
(d) As "he who MUST be named".

9. What does Merope request as she lay dying?
(a) That her son be named Tom Marvolo Riddle.
(b) That no one talk about her death.
(c) That no one talk about her baby.
(d) That her body be buried at sea.

10. Who does Tonks send a message to in Hogwarts about Harry being late to the opening feast?
(a) Professor Umbridge.
(b) Professor Trelawney.
(c) Hagrid.
(d) Dumbledore.

11. Which Weasley son is still not talking to his parents?
(a) Percy.
(b) Fred.
(c) Charlie.
(d) George.

12. At what age do witches and wizards come of age in the wizarding world?
(a) 17.
(b) Whenever they get married.
(c) 18.
(d) Whenever they pass their apparition test.

13. What news does Hagrid have from the Forbidden Forest that makes him so upset after Quidditch tryouts?
(a) That Voldemort is hiding in them.
(b) That Grawp elopes with another giant.
(c) That the centaurs are in a civil war.
(d) That Aragog is dying.

14. Who does Ron ask to the Christmas party?
(a) No one, he's not invited.
(b) Hermione.
(c) Lavender Brown.
(d) Ginny.

15. Whose offer of help does Harry hear Malfoy declining during the Christmas party?
(a) Snape's.
(b) Ron's.
(c) Dumbledore's.
(d) Mr. Finch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Weasley's magic clock stuck at now that Voldemort returns?

2. Who is Rufus Scrimgeour?

3. Who does Snape make fetch drinks when Bellatrix and Narcissa arrive?

4. What platform do Hogwarts board the Hogwarts Express train at?

5. What does Fudge say his purpose of his meeting with the Prime Minister is?

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