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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Oliver Wood?
(a) The captain of the Quidditch team.
(b) The defense against the dark arts professor.
(c) The potions professor.
(d) The caretaker.

2. What is the characteristic(s) of the Slytherins?
(a) Noble.
(b) Humble.
(c) Cunning and ambitious.
(d) Wise.

3. Who is Fluffy?
(a) A cat that used to be a dark arts witch.
(b) The three-headed dog.
(c) Hagrid's barn owl.
(d) A newly born dragon.

4. What relationship is Lily to the Dursleys?
(a) Vernon's sister.
(b) Petunia's sister.
(c) No relation.
(d) Peturnia's cousin.

5. What assertion by Hermione, Harry, and Ron does Hagrid vehemently deny in Chapter 11?
(a) That Snape is trying to steal what Fluffy is guarding.
(b) That Hagrid has allowed a new dragon to hatch.
(c) That the thing Fluffy is guarding belongs to Voldemort.
(d) That Snape is a spy for Valdemort.

6. Where does the sorting ceremony take place?
(a) Each house has its own area for the ceremony.
(b) In the great hall.
(c) The lawn outside the main building at Hogwarts.
(d) Each year the ceremony is rotated among houses.

7. Why does Mr. Dursley nail up the windows and doors on the house?
(a) To escape a locust hoard.
(b) There is a hurricane coming.
(c) To keep the roaches out.
(d) To keep letters addressed to Harry from getting inside.

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

9. What is Quidditch?
(a) An invisibility spell.
(b) A game where students ride unicorns.
(c) A wizarding game played in the air.
(d) A room in Hogwarts where students practice dangerous spells.

10. What word does Harry hear in the train station that makes him follow a large family?
(a) Hogwarts.
(b) Magic.
(c) Muggle.
(d) Dark arts.

11. What happens after Hermione lights someone's robes on fire during a quidditch match?
(a) Ron is kidnapped.
(b) McGonagall takes Hermione's wand.
(c) Harry gets control of his broom.
(d) Dumbledore admonishes her.

12. What does McGonagall tell Oliver Wood about Harry Potter?
(a) Harry is inept on the broom.
(b) Harry's potions grade must go up.
(c) Harry is to be the new seeker for Griffindor.
(d) Harry may not play Quidditch the first year.

13. What is Griffindor's final score in the Quidditch match against Slytherin in Chapter 11?
(a) 60.
(b) 75.
(c) 170.
(d) 220.

14. What suddenly starts happening during the Quidditch match between Griffindor and Slytherin in Chapter 11?
(a) Harry's broom becomes uncontrollable.
(b) Ron gets in a fist fight with a boy from Ravenclaw.
(c) Harry's ears get hot and start ringing loudly.
(d) Hermione is contacted by McGonagall concerning an emergency at home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has precipitated Hermione's friendship with Harry and Ron?

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

3. What makes Harry's aunt and uncle move Harry into a bedroom in Chapter 3?

4. With what does Hermione help Ron and Harry in Chapter 11?

5. What does Mr. Dursley say he forbids in Chapter 4?

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