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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. Why do the centaurs end up taking Umbridge away?
(a) Because the children explain that she's a bad person.
(b) Because they want to kill all adult humans.
(c) Because she attacks them with magic.
(d) Because she won't stop talking.

2. What does Kreacher tell Harry and Hermione about Sirius when they talk through the Floo powder?
(a) That he's been captured by dementors.
(b) That he was hit by a car while changed into a dog.
(c) That he has been returned to Azkaban.
(d) That he will never return from the Department of Mysteries.

3. What is the first clue something is not right when the children arrive at the Ministry of Magic?
(a) There are dark clouds gathering just above the Ministry.
(b) There is no security whatsoever.
(c) The doors are all wide open.
(d) Minister Fudge welcomes them in personally.

4. What does Draco swear to do when he meets Harry back at Hogwarts after the battle at the Ministry?
(a) Become Harry's best friend and mend his ways.
(b) That he will have revenge on Harry for what happened to his father.
(c) Help defeat Voldemort.
(d) Free his father from Azkaban.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What exam do Ron and Harry both do poorly on?

2. Why does Harry wish for death when Voldemort possesses him?

3. Why is McGonagall taken to the infirmary?

4. Where do the children find themselves after entering the black door from Harry's dreams?

5. Why does Dumbledore feel culpable for Sirius' death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What reaction does Umbridge have to the O.W.L. examiners?

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

7. What is so impressive about Hagrid's fight with Umbridge and her goons?

8. Why is it significant that Harry is able to repel Snape from his mind only when Snape tries to see the memory of Harry and Cho kissing?

9. Why was it so important for Harry to remain with his horrible family while growing up?

10. What factors lead into Harry deciding he wants to become an Auror?

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