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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. Why does Lupin say he needs a potion on Halloween when he is talking to Harry?

2. What does Lupin tell Harry that the dementors feed off of when Harry is released from the hospital?

3. What happens when Malfoy insults Buckbeak?

4. What does Harry hear when he sees the hooded figure in black enter his train compartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry do before storming out of Vernon's house?

2. Why does Harry suspect Lupin has been so ill?

3. Who does Harry read about in the Daily Prophet just after leaving the Dursleys' house?

4. What does Harry need Uncle Vernon to sign before he heads back to Hogwarts at the end of the summer?

5. What do the dementors look like?

6. Who tells Dumbledore that Black could have entered the school with inside help?

7. What does Mr. Weasley tell Harry just before he boards the Hogwarts Express?

8. How does Harry keep in touch with his friends while he is at the Dursleys house over the summer vacation?

9. What bit of news does Harry hear during his first Potions lesson of the year?

10. Who rides in the train compartment with Ron, Harry, and Hermione?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Peter Pettigrew uses many different lies to acheive his horrible goals. What are some of these and how did they poison the characters who heard them?

Essay Topic 3

What is Lupin's secret identity and how does this affect the outcome of the book? Why does Lupin feel he must keep this a secret and what does this say about the nature of the other people at Hogwarts?

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