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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. Who does Dumbledore appoint as the new Divination professor?
(a) Firenze.
(b) Mundungus Fletcher.
(c) Hagrid.
(d) Mrs. Weasley.

2. 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) The doors are all wide open.
(c) Minister Fudge welcomes them in personally.
(d) There is no security whatsoever.

3. 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.

4. What mode of transport do the children choose to travel to the Ministry and save Sirius?
(a) A magic carpet.
(b) Floo powder.
(c) A flying car.
(d) Thestrals.

5. What does Harry learn about his recurring dream during his first Occlumency lesson?
(a) That he was actually in control and was responsible for the attack on Mr. Weasley.
(b) That the hallway he sees is inside the Ministry of Magic.
(c) That the snake is actually Voldemort.
(d) That it is a memory from his childhood after his family was killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hermione and Harry tell Ron to get him to stop talking about the Quidditch Cup match?

2. Why was Firenze banished by the other centaurs?

3. What is Firenze's opinion of the human approach to Divination?

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

5. What does Harry try to do when he realizes Sirius has disappeared through the archway?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What light does Firenze's banishment from his people shed on the social structure of the wizarding world?

3. Why does Harry have such a difficult time understanding Cho's feelings and reaction during their first date?

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

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

6. Why is it disturbing to see the lengths Hermione will go to to clear Harry's name?

7. Why do Harry and Hermione decide to wait to tell Ron about Hagrid's brother?

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

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

10. What causes McGonagall to vow that she will see Harry an Auror if it's the last thing she does?

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