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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Dursley say he forbids in Chapter 4?
(a) Harry attending Hogwarts.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Harry going to live with his grandparents.
(d) Harry going to a court hearing without a lawyer.

2. How can a Quidditch team automatically win a Quidditch match?
(a) If the Seeker catches the Snitch.
(b) If the other team intentionally knocks someone off their broom.
(c) If the Seeker avoids the duster five times.
(d) If the other team fails to have the right number of players on the field at the start.

3. Who do Ron and Harry visit during the first week of class that raises Harry's mood?
(a) Filch.
(b) Hagrid.
(c) Dumbledore.
(d) The herbal nursery.

4. About what is Malfoy disappointed in Chapter 9?
(a) That Hermione is not interested in him.
(b) That Harry and his friends were not caught out late at night and expelled.
(c) That Harry beats him in the challenge.
(d) That his father is not coming to the first Quidditch match.

5. Who first enters Harry's compartment on the train to school?
(a) George.
(b) Snape.
(c) Draco.
(d) Albus.

6. How do the Dursleys act towards Harry in his last month there before school?
(a) They pretend he does not exist.
(b) They harass him constantly.
(c) They do not allow him to stay there.
(d) They are overly friendly.

7. What does the Slytherin team do a lot of during the Quidditch match in Chapter 11?
(a) Give up points.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Fall off their brooms.
(d) Lose the ball.

8. What is a Snitch?
(a) A wizard who fries his wand through the dark arts.
(b) A golden ball that has wings.
(c) A wizard who works undercover for Voldemort.
(d) A black onyx duster ball.

9. What establishment is run by goblins?
(a) The wand store.
(b) The bank.
(c) The pub.
(d) The bakery.

10. Why are Harry and Dudley going to different schools?
(a) They are in different grades.
(b) Harry declined to go to the private school Dudley will attend.
(c) Dudley does not qualify for the magnet school Harry will attend.
(d) Dudley will attend a private school, and Harry the public school.

11. What does Neville drop when he breaks his wrist?
(a) His favorite marble.
(b) A paper that is due in Potions class.
(c) His watch.
(d) A reminder ball.

12. Who is Hedwig?
(a) The neighbor's pig.
(b) Harry's new owl.
(c) The neighbor's elderly mother.
(d) Dudley's gerbil.

13. What makes Harry think that the strange events the night of his birthday were not a dream?
(a) Professor McGonagall is making breakfast.
(b) Dumbledore is snoring while levitated slightly off the floor.
(c) Hagrid is sleeping on the couch.
(d) A frog talks to him when he wakes.

14. Whose robe does Hermione make burst into flames at a Quidditch match?
(a) Hagrid's.
(b) No ones.
(c) Ron's.
(d) Snape's.

15. What does the letter say that Harry finally receives in Chapter 4?
(a) That Harry's great uncle leaves him money.
(b) That Harry is expected in court concerning his adoption.
(c) That Harry is accepted into Hogwarts.
(d) That Harry is to go live with his grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What professor seems to have something against Harry Potter?

2. What is the characteristic(s) of the Slytherins?

3. What is the characteristic(s) of the Hufflepuffs?

4. What is Quidditch?

5. How are the Dursleys described at the beginning of the book?

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