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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Harry's aunt and uncle move Harry into a bedroom in Chapter 3?
(a) They are remodeling the stairs.
(b) The cupboard is roach infested.
(c) They feel badly for their actions.
(d) Harry receives a letter that upsets them.

2. What does Hermione see when she scans the crowd with Hagrid's binoculars during the Quidditch match between Griffindor and Slytherin?
(a) Dumbledore walking through the stands.
(b) Snape mumbling under his breath.
(c) Malfoy reading out of a spell book.
(d) A strange-looking gnome.

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

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

5. What does Hagrid pull out of his coat in Chapter 5?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) A document.
(c) An owl.
(d) A motorcycle.

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

7. What is the characteristic(s) of the Ravenclaws?
(a) Witty and smart.
(b) Brave.
(c) Sly.
(d) Spiritual.

8. What happens exactly at midnight in Chapter 3?
(a) A flock of bats invade the shack.
(b) There is a pounding on the door.
(c) The shack blows over.
(d) A piercing scream is heard.

9. Who is Mrs. Norris?
(a) The main cook.
(b) Griffindor's housekeeper.
(c) The caretaker's cat.
(d) Slytherin's housekeeper.

10. What does Professor Quirrell say when he bursts into the Halloween dinner?
(a) Harry Potter has been attacked.
(b) Voldemort is in the Forbidden Forest.
(c) There is a troll on the Hogwarts grounds.
(d) There is an attack by dementers on the grounds.

11. What does Harry converse with in Chapter 1 after Dudley awakened it?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) A rat.
(c) An owl.
(d) A snake.

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

13. How does Harry catch the Snitch in Chapter 11?
(a) Hanging on to his broom with one hand and both feet dangling.
(b) In his jacket.
(c) In his mouth.
(d) He is unable to catch the Snith.

14. What has precipitated Hermione's friendship with Harry and Ron?
(a) It stems from the incident with the troll.
(b) Dumbledore asks her to be a steadying influence on the two boys.
(c) Hagrid suggests it.
(d) Malfoy has been harassing her.

15. Who yells at Harry when Draco and Harry are at each other in Chapter 9?
(a) Dumbledore.
(b) Hooch.
(c) McGonagall.
(d) Snape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville find when they go inside a room to hide from Filch in Chapter 9?

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

3. To what does the narrator compare Diagon Alley?

4. What relationship is Lily to the Dursleys?

5. What has started now that it's November on Chapter 11?

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