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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. While the car is beginning to fall to earth, Ron lets go of the wheel to get ____________ out of his back pocket.
2. Who does Professor Binns say will be able to open the chamber according to the legend?
3. What do Fred and George tell Harry about a House Elf's power?
4. What happens when Ron and Harry try to get to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?
5. Whose office is Harry brought to for tracking mud into the castle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held in Gringotts in London.
2. In Chapter Two Harry has a dream that he is in locked in a cage. Explain how the dream explains his situation and his feelings.
3. Describe the Deathday party for Nearly Headless Nick.
4. Explain why Vernon Dursley is so excited to receive the letter from the Improper Use of Magic Office after Dobby breaks Petunia's pudding dessert in Chapter Two.
5. Describe Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
6. What is the reaction that Harry and Ron receive from the other students in the Gryffindor House when they enter it after leaving Professor McGonagall's office in Chapter Five?
7. Draco Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood in Chapter Seven. Given the reaction to what is said, explain the significance of the term and what its description would be.
8. Why does Harry not tell the professors about the voice he hears?
9. Describe Harry's feelings for Hogwarts, his school, as compared to the Dursley house where he lives with his aunt and uncle from what is detailed in Chapter One.
10. In Chapter Five what does Gilderoy Lockhart say is the cause for Harry flying the car to school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Quidditch seems to be an important part of Hogwarts life. Explain the role that it plays as a symbol in the book and why it is important to Harry and to what his character is.
Essay Topic 2
There are things in the book that point strongly in the direction of the Chamber of Secrets and the monster that lies within--Ginny and her odd behavior, the voice that only Harry can hear, and Moaning Myrtle. Take away one of these and explain how it would have changed the rest of the story and what it added to have it included.
Essay Topic 3
When the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years earlier there was a Muggle killed. At that point in time it was just Tom Riddle controlling the Basilisk. Do you think that it is possible that part of the reason that no one was killed is that Ginny was able to some very small extent to keep Tom Riddle under control while he worked through her? Explain.
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