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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 Ron tell Harry the definition of a Squib is?

2. Where is Ron's father that he does not know the boys took the car?

3. Who is the new Seeker on the Slytherin team?

4. Who freezes the pixies with a charm?

5. What does Filch say that Harry knows that he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction from those that find the petrified cat and the message on the wall stating that the heir of Slytherin has returned?

2. Give one word that explains Vernon Dursley's reaction when Harry says "magic" in Chapter One. Explain why you have given this word.

3. Describe Dobby the House Elf's character when he arrives in Chapter Two.

4. What does Professor Binns tell the students about the Chamber of Secrets?

5. Describe the Weasley house.

6. Describe Gilderoy Lockhart.

7. 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.

8. 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?

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 the difference between the treatment that Harry and Dudley receive from Petunia and Vernon Dursley as outlined in Chapter One.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Moaning Myrtle is obsessed with death. She seems to enjoy sitting and thinking about it.

Part 1- Do you believe that she is happy being a ghost? Explain.

Part 2- Had Moaning Myrtle not chosen to stay in the bathroom where she was killed, would Harry and Ron have had any clue about where the entrance to the chamber was?

Part 3- Myrtle says that she still has feelings. Do you think that she has feelings or that she is simply sad all the time? Explain.

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