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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 animal does Hagrid introduce in his first lesson of the year?

2. What does Harry, Ron and Hermione find when they return to their common room after the Halloween Feast?

3. Who taunts Harry during his first morning at Hogwarts?

4. How many levels does the bus have that picks Harry up off the street?

5. What does Harry do when the train compartment is entered by the hooded figure in black?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who greets Harry at the Leaky Cauldron when he first arrives there after leaving the Dursleys' house?

2. What does Harry love most about his stay at The Leaky Cauldron before he returns to school at Hogwarts?

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

4. What is Ron's worst fear?

5. What does the term "muggle" mean?

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

7. What does Malfoy tease Harry about during his first breakfast at Hogwarts?

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

9. What does Hermione purchase in Diagon Alley that Ron wishes she would return?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book and what causes these changes?

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