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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37 "The Lost Prophecy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dumbledore feel culpable for Sirius' death?
(a) He had the option to stop Sirius but was busy saving someone else.
(b) He has an overdeveloped sense of responsibility for his students.
(c) He had an argument with Sirius that resulted in Sirius going to the Ministry after Harry.
(d) If he had been more honest with Harry, much of this could have been avoided.

2. Why doesn't Harry end up sitting with Ron and Hermione on the train?
(a) He wants to spend some time alone planning for the coming year.
(b) They have a quarrel while boarding and leave him by himself.
(c) They have to go to the prefects' car for instructions.
(d) Luna Lovegood corners him to speak privately about occlumency.

3. Why are the children forced to wait for news, rather than being allowed to rush straight to the hospital to see Mr. Weasley?
(a) Because it's too dangerous for Harry to go out in public.
(b) So that no one will suspect anything about why they already know about the attack.
(c) So that if he dies at the hospital, they aren't traumatized.
(d) Mrs. Weasley wants to focus on her husband rather than worry about her family's safety.

4. What does Dumbledore do to get Harry out of trouble?
(a) Casts a forgetting spell on everyone in the room.
(b) Threatens Fudge with a secret that Fudge doesn't want revealed to the wizarding world.
(c) Claims he created the D.A. and is trying to overthrow Minister Fudge.
(d) Helps Harry escape through the secret tunnel in his office.

5. What favor does Hermione ask Harry to do for the Hogwarts students?
(a) Get along with Umbridge so that Minister Fudge will be less suspicious of Dumbledore.
(b) Teach the students a different version of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
(c) Stop talking about Voldemort and scaring the students.
(d) Stop bragging all the time about his exploits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Gryffindor Quidditch practice cancelled?

2. How many goals does the Gryffindor Quidditch team score in their first match of the season?

3. What happens to Sirius after he fights Bellatrix Lestrange?

4. What does Harry instruct his friends to do when he signals them in the battle with the Death Eaters?

5. What mode of transport do the children choose to travel to the Ministry and save Sirius?

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