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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. Where do Harry, Ron, and Hermione go after Quidditch tryouts?
2. Where does Dumbledore take Harry for a private talk before they enter the Burrow?
3. What is an Inferi?
4. Whose offer of help does Harry hear Malfoy declining during the Christmas party?
5. What is the reason for the visit to Marvolo Gaunt's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does the school/Hogwarts students have about what happens to Katie Bell?
2. Why is Harry not looking forward to Quidditch tryouts?
3. How does Tom Riddle respond when he realizes that Merope puts a love potion on him?
4. What does Harry get as a result of Sirius' will?
5. What is the Prime Minister's general feeling about the Minister of Magic's visits?
6. What information about Snape is confirmed in Harry's mind, based on what he sees after the Christmas party?
7. Why does no one see Harry as they are leaving the train once it arrives at Hogwarts?
8. What physically happens to Snape's hands when he makes the Unbreakable Vow?
9. How are the wizards told to greet each other now that Voldemort is back?
10. How does Hermione respond to Harry's continued, and increasing, use of the alternate spells written in his Potions textbook?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the title of the book (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) mean? Why does Rowling choose that title? What does the title tell the reader before he or she even begins reading the story? What other titles work with this text?
Essay Topic 2
Write an argument paper that discusses whether or not you think Rufus Scrimgeour, Minister of Magic, is right to request Harry's increased involvement in Ministry matters -- and whether or not Harry is right to decline his request. Make sure to use at least three specific examples from the text, complete with quotes, to support your position.
Essay Topic 3
Choose three items or events from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that Rowling uses to foreshadow what happens later in the story. Discuss how these items do indeed foreshadow what happens, and provide specific evidence from the text that supports their role as something that foreshadows what happens.
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