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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Dursleys view themselves?
(a) As beyond reproach.
(b) As laughable.
(c) As the best magicians of the century.
(d) As mean-spirited.

2. What happens when Malfoy enters Harry's compartment on the train to school?
(a) He asks for Harry's autograph.
(b) A fight ensues.
(c) Ron leaves.
(d) Harry gets the willies.

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

4. Who is Dudley?
(a) Harry's cousin.
(b) Another budding magician.
(c) Harry's best friend.
(d) The father of Harry.

5. How does Hermione keep Harry and Ron from getting in trouble in Chapter 10?
(a) She hides them with an invisibility spell.
(b) She tells the professors that the two boys saved her from the troll.
(c) She distracts the professors so Harry and Ron can get to Griffindor.
(d) She is unable to convince the Headmaster not to punish the two boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a Quidditch team automatically win a Quidditch match?

2. How many years have passed in the opening of Chapter 2 since Harry was dropped off at the Dursleys?

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

4. What name do the oddly-dressed people in Chapter 1 mention that almost panics Mr. Dursley?

5. What suddenly starts happening during the Quidditch match between Griffindor and Slytherin in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Harry's initial experience in potions class?

2. What is odd about the wand Harry ends up buying at Ollivander's Wand Shop?

3. Where is the porthole Harry and Hagrid use in Chapter 5, and what happens when they go into the pub?

4. What does Harry think is going to happen when Professor McGonagall yells at him when he is on a broom in Chapter 9, and what does she do?

5. How does Harry feel the next morning after Hagrid first arrived to claim him?

6. Where are Dudley and Harry going to be attending school?

7. What happens when Mr. Dursley breaks under the stress of all the letters piling up?

8. What is to happen in early November after the weather turns bitterly cold?

9. What does Mr. Dursley overhear that makes him panic?

10. Why is Malfoy angry at Harry in Chapter 9, and what does Malfoy do about it?

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