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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. Who do Ron and Harry visit during the first week of class that raises Harry's mood?
2. Why does Mr. Dursley nail up the windows and doors on the house?
3. To what does the narrator compare Diagon Alley?
4. In what order are the new students called up for the sorting ceremony?
5. What has precipitated Hermione's friendship with Harry and Ron?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens one Sunday about the letters that are arriving at the Dursley home?
2. What does Harry figure out in Chapter 11 about Professor Snape's limp?
3. In Chapter 4, what does Hagrid tell Harry about the curse backfiring?
4. What happens when Mr. Dursley breaks under the stress of all the letters piling up?
5. How does Harry feel the next morning after Hagrid first arrived to claim him?
6. What happens when Harry puts on the sorting hat?
7. Harry receives a package during lunch a week after his first broom ride; what is inside?
8. How does Hagrid supply breakfast in Chapter 5, and what does he say that he and Harry must do after eating?
9. What does Hagrid do when Ron, Harry, and Hermione mention Fluffy in Chapter 11?
10. What begins happening at the Dursley's home in Chapter 1, and how does Mr. Dursley handle it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dudley is an obnoxious bully who indulges too much in food. Harry is quite the opposite.
Why do you think Dudley, who is loved and pampered is such a selfish bully? How do you Harry turns out to be honorable and kind? How might these two boys relate to the question of nature versus nurture? Use examples from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Trace and analyze the theme of the power of love in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. How was Harry’s life affected by the power of love? How was Voldemort’s life affected by the power of love? What other characters’ lives are affected by the power of love?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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