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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the "sorting ceremony" do?
(a) Decides what house each student is assigned.
(b) Sorts the various abilities of the witches.
(c) Sorts out the type of wands each student is assigned.
(d) Decides who goes into advanced coursework.

2. What name do the oddly-dressed people in Chapter 1 mention that almost panics Mr. Dursley?
(a) Tom.
(b) Potter.
(c) Voldemort.
(d) Harry.

3. Where does Harry spend most of his time while waiting to go to his new school?
(a) In his room looking over his new books.
(b) With Ron Wesley.
(c) With Dudley and his friends.
(d) At the public library doing research on magic.

4. In Chapter 5, where does Hagrid say Harry and he must go for money?
(a) Nowhere; Hagrid has money with him.
(b) Trafalgar Square.
(c) Gringotts Bank.
(d) The National Reserve.

5. 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.

6. To what does Malfoy challenge Harry in Chapter 9?
(a) A card game.
(b) A wizard duel.
(c) A writing contest.
(d) A worm-eating contest.

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

8. How did Harry get the scar on his forehead?
(a) He fell in the bathtub when he was a baby.
(b) Magic that backfired.
(c) He fell off the jungle gym.
(d) No one knows.

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

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

11. What is in the Leaky Cauldron, which helps Harry and Hagrid get to where they are going?
(a) A beam machine.
(b) A transformer.
(c) A porthole.
(d) A huge skeleton key.

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

13. How did Harry's parents die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) They are still alive but are held in Azkeban.
(c) Magic gone awry.
(d) Voldemort killed them.

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

15. What comes out of the chimney one Sunday at the Dursley's home?
(a) Locusts.
(b) More letters.
(c) Rats
(d) Flames.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mr. Dursley take the family in Chapter 3?

3. Who first enters Harry's compartment on the train to school?

4. What word does Harry hear in the train station that makes him follow a large family?

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

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