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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. Whose Potions textbook is Harry given until he can get a new one?
(a) Fred's.
(b) George's.
(c) The Half-Blood Prince's.
(d) Professor Slughorn's.

2. What is Mrs. Weasley's magic clock stuck at now that Voldemort returns?
(a) "Danger".
(b) "Mortal peril".
(c) "Fate uncertain".
(d) "In transit".

3. What bad news does Lupin bring to the Burrow on Harry's birthday?
(a) That there are more Dementor attacks.
(b) That Mr. Weasley is being demoted.
(c) That the Prime Minister is kidnapped.
(d) That Hogwarts will close.

4. Where does Mrs. Weasley tell Harry he'll be spending Christmas as he's boarding the train to Hogwarts?
(a) Hogwarts.
(b) With the Order of the Phoenix in their secret location.
(c) The Burrow.
(d) The Dursleys.

5. Who does Harry unintentionally practice "Levicorpus" on for the first time?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Professor Snape.
(c) Ron.
(d) Neville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose memory do Dumbledore and Harry first use to explore Voldemort's childhood?

2. Why is Draco eager to begin a new year at Hogwart's?

3. How are students introduced at Professor Slughorn's lunch on the train to Hogwarts?

4. What is the reason for the visit to Marvolo Gaunt's house?

5. What does Dumbledore insist Harry and the Weasleys have when they go into Hogsmeade to go shopping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Harry's dream of becoming an auror revived when he returns to Hogwarts?

2. What does Harry get as a result of Sirius' will?

3. How does Tom Riddle respond when he realizes that Merope puts a love potion on him?

4. What physically happens to Snape's hands when he makes the Unbreakable Vow?

5. Why do Harry, Ron, and Hermione worry about Dumbledore's extended absences from Hogwarts?

6. What reason does Snape give, in response to Bellatrix's accusations, about why he doesn't go straight back to Voldemort's side when Voldemort returns?

7. What do Ron, Hermione, and Harry realize about Draco after their interaction with him in the dress shop in Hogsmeade?

8. What reason is behind Ron's spontaneous kissing of Lavender Brown after the Gryffindors win their Quidditch match against Slytherin?

9. What is the real reason why Dumbledore spends so long in the bathroom at Slughorn's house?

10. Why is Harry not ready to go when Dumbledore arrives to pick him up from the Dursleys'?

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