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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 does Uncle Vernon's company make?

2. What does Gilderoy Lockhart let go in the class room and leave the students to catch?

3. What does Uncle Vernon say the Masons know about Harry?

4. What lives in their attic according to Ron?

5. What does Harry see in the bushes that catches his attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Weasley house.

2. What are some of the effects of the Howler letter that Ron's mother sends him in Chapter Six?

3. Describe Fred and George and their appearance in Chapter Three.

4. 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?

5. 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.

6. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held in Gringotts in London.

7. Describe what happens in Gilderoy Lockhart's first class in Chapter Six. What does this reveal about his character?

8. What does Harry see while he is hiding in the Borgin and Burkes Shop on Knockturn Alley.

9. From what Dobby tells Harry in Chapter Two there is danger waiting at Hogwarts although he does not explain to Harry what that danger is. Do you think that Dobby could have told Harry anything that would have kept him from leaving the Durlseys and returning to Hogwarts? Explain.

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hagrid was expelled from the school but not imprisoned.

Part 1-Explain why Hagrid refused to tell anyone about Aragog.

Part 2-Why does Hagrid continually find large pets to take care of?

Part 3-What would have changed if Hagrid had explained about Aragog fifty years ago?

Essay Topic 2

The Defence Against the Dark Arts position is said to be jinxed.

How would the story had differed if Snape had had the Dark Arts position?

What would have happened in potions class if Lockhart had been the teacher?

Given Snape's attitude and disposition do you think he would have made a good Dark Arts teacher? Explain.

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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