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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. What is the favor Hagrid needs the children to do for him?

2. What do Fred and George as a reaction to Umbridge's new position?

3. What happens to the orb after Harry gives it to Neville?

4. What does the Sunday Prophet say about Harry and Voldemort after the showdown at the Ministry?

5. What fact about Rita Skeeter does Hermione threaten to reveal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Despite Umbridge's reaction, what is heartening to Harry about how people respond to the newspaper article about his encounter with Voldemort?

4. Why are the teachers secretly delighted at the way Fred and George react to Umbridge's new position of Headmaster?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why is Harry so disturbed when he views Snape's memory in the Pensieve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine fully the dynamic between the relative values of Education and Experience within the novel. What characters demonstrate each trait, and what seems to be Rowling's final position on the importance of one versus the other?

Essay Topic 2

Most characters in the novel are not perfect because that they have flaws either in their present or in their past. By exposing these flaws, the reader and main characters are exposed to the concept of Redemption. What role do you believe Redemption plays in Harry's growth throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Despite being aligned with "good", several of the main characters of the novel dabble in morally ambiguous behavior in order to accomplish an end. Discuss the dilemma between what is more important to the heroes and heroines of the story: the journey or the destination.

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