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

2. Who is standing behind Ron and Harry while they look in the window at the Hogwarts sorting ceremonies?

3. What does Hermione tell Ron she has been very busy with over the summer?

4. What does Harry find wrong with his bed when he gets to his room?

5. What allows Ron to be level with Harry's window?

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

3. Describe the Deathday party for Nearly Headless Nick.

4. Describe Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

5. Describe Serverous Snape and the description that Ron and Harry give him in Chapter Five.

6. In Chapter Five what does Gilderoy Lockhart say is the cause for Harry flying the car to school?

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

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

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. Who do Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to think would be a possibility for the Heir Slytherin in Chapter Nine and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Take a close look at the Durlseys and the Weasleys as a family entity. What are the differences? What are the similarities? Explain

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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