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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Dursleys' address?
(a) Number 6 Parrot Way.
(b) Number 2 Pandle Court.
(c) Number 8 Pivot Ave.
(d) Number Four Privet Drive.

2. What is the name of the Wizard newspaper that Harry sees the conductor of the bus reading?
(a) The Daily Wizard.
(b) The Daily News of Wizards.
(c) The Daily Prophet.
(d) The Daily Witch's Brew.

3. What does Harry see on a cover of a book in Diagon Alley that he feels he has seen before?
(a) A picture of a black dog with gleaming eyes.
(b) A skull and cross bones.
(c) The image of Sirius Black.
(d) The triple-decker Knight Bus.

4. How many levels does the bus have that picks Harry up off the street?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. Who does Harry overhear talking in the middle of the night after the fearful events in the Gryffindor common room?
(a) Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew,
(b) Dumbledore and Peeves.
(c) Hagrid and McGonegall.
(d) Snape and Dumbledore.

6. What is the term for non-magical people?
(a) Muggles.
(b) Morguls.
(c) Mangles.
(d) Muddles.

7. How old does Harry Potter turn at the beginning of the book?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

8. What does Harry hear when he sees the hooded figure in black enter his train compartment?
(a) His heartbeat.
(b) The deep and halting breathing of the figure.
(c) A shrill, screaming sound.
(d) Nothing but utter silence.

9. What does Harry say about what happened to Marge in the dining room?
(a) She did it to herself.
(b) She seems no worse for the wear.
(c) She could have prevented it.
(d) She got what she deserved.

10. What does the fourth person in the train car tell Harry to do when they suddenly wake up?
(a) To be quiet.
(b) To remain calm.
(c) To give him some food.
(d) To never doubt those who love him.

11. How do most of the students feel about their new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher after their first day in class?
(a) They do not trust him.
(b) They find him odd and eccentric.
(c) They love him and can't wait for the next class.
(d) They find him very condescending and rude.

12. What does Harry receive over the summer holiday that brings him great joy?
(a) A picture of his girlfriend.
(b) Birthday cards and presents.
(c) News that he will be able to move.
(d) Letters from Hogwarts.

13. What does Harry keep dreaming about after overhearing the secret conversation between the Weasleys?
(a) His parents being killed.
(b) Voldemort.
(c) A dementor attacking him.
(d) The black dog omen of death.

14. How does Vernon's sister think Harry's parents died?
(a) From being poisoned.
(b) In a drunken car crash.
(c) In an attack by Voldemort.
(d) From a horrible sickness.

15. What is the name of the Wizard jail?
(a) Alastor.
(b) Alkazan.
(c) Azkaban.
(d) Alcatraz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hermione carrying around at the beginning of the school year due to her large class load?

2. What is the one complaint that Malfoy has against Lupin at the beginning of the school year?

3. What is Harry taunted about during his first morning at Hogwarts?

4. What do the students learn about in Lupin's class the day after Halloween?

5. Who is teaching Lupin's class the day after Halloween?

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