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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Dudley?

3. What has Professor Snape acquired in Chapter 11?

4. Why are Harry and Dudley going to different schools?

5. What happens exactly at midnight in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unusual way does Harry catch the snitch in his first Quidditch match?

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

3. What does Hagrid tell Harry in Chapter 4 that stuns Harry?

4. About what are Ron, Hermione, and Harry convinced concerning Snape in Chapter 11?

5. What begins happening at the Dursley's home in Chapter 1, and how does Mr. Dursley handle it?

6. What happens one night after the Dursleys have been in bed for quite some time?

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

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

9. What happens when Harry puts on the sorting hat?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? Why might Rowling have ended the novel the way she did?

Essay Topic 2

Trace and analyze the theme of life and death in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to want immortality? Which characters are dead and how do they affect the other characters and the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Trace and analyze the theme of good and evil in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are seen as good. What are some of the reasons they are considered good? Discuss the characters who are seen as evil and some of the reasons they are considered evil.

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