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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 attacks the car after it has crashed?

2. Who else is in the car with Ron?

3. To what do Fred and George feed a Filibuster firework?

4. Where is Harry told to be when the Masons arrive?

5. Where does Myrtle live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Filch's reaction when he finds Mrs. Norris, his cat, petrified?

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 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.

4. 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.

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

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. What are the things that Professor Snape tells Ron and Harry they are in trouble for doing?

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

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

10. Describe Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe the significance of Hermione being called a Mudblood before the attacks began. Would it have had the same impact if it had been explained later in the book? Why?

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