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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. What does Harry instruct his friends to do when he signals them in the battle with the Death Eaters?
(a) Break as many orbs as possible to cause confusion.
(b) Scatter in every direction to avoid capture.
(c) Drop their wands and surrender so no one gets hurt.
(d) Be immediately prepared to cast stun spells at the Death Eaters.

2. What keeps Hermione and Harry from being attacked by the centaurs?
(a) The fact that they are still children.
(b) Hermione negotiates a deal for safe travel through the forest.
(c) Grawp comes stumbling by and the centaurs attack him.
(d) Hagrid's friendship still holds some sway with the centaurs.

3. What is the art of Occlumency that Harry must learn?
(a) Viewing the future using a special optical tool.
(b) Protecting the mind from magical intrusion.
(c) A new form of defensive magic that is highly restricted.
(d) Protecting the mind from dementor attacks.

4. How do the children find their way from the room with black doors to the room they need?
(a) They hear Sirius screaming and follow the sound.
(b) They pull out the enchanted map and it redraws itself to match the Ministry.
(c) They use a marking spell to show where they've already been.
(d) Hermione uses a piece of plain chalk to mark the walls and their progress.

5. What happens to Umbridge when she returns to Hogwarts?
(a) She apologizes to the students and is forgiven.
(b) She is forced to endure one of her own twisted detentions.
(c) She is interrogated by Dumbledore and then finally set free.
(d) She is jeered out of the castle by the ghosts and students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the hex Hermione placed on anyone that breaks the confidence of the D.A.?

2. Why does Harry suspect Kreacher has been up to mischief when the house elf finally reappears?

3. What character does Dumbledore choose to teach Harry Occlumency?

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

5. What causes Snape to leave Harry's Occlumency lesson after Umbridge is appointed Headmaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kreacher so happy to report that Sirius may never return from the Department of Mysteries?

2. What makes the presence of Bellatrix Lestrange so important in Chapter 35?

3. Do you think Snape was being truthful or that he was helping Harry when he told Umbridge he had no more truth potion? Give details that support your assertion.

4. What could have prompted Marietta to betray the D.A. and get Harry into trouble?

5. Why is Luna able to comfort Harry about Sirius' death when no one else can?

6. Why are the centaurs angry with Hagrid, and what makes them decide not to attack him?

7. What aspect of Umbridge's personality becomes her undoing in the novel?

8. What is the purpose of Umbridge's new decree that prohibits teachers from giving students information beyond their course curriculum?

9. What is unusual about Dumbledore's demeanor when fighting Voldemort?

10. Why do you think the room with the orbs is so hard to get to?

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