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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. Where does Harry choose to spend the day after hearing some shocking news in Hogsmeade?

2. Why does Harry never receive any phone calls during the summer holiday?

3. What do the Weasley twins give Harry as an early Christmas present?

4. What is Harry's worst fear?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the term "muggle" mean?

3. What is Ron's worst fear?

4. Why does Buckbeak attack Malfoy on his first class with Hagrid?

5. What does Hagrid teach about in his first class in Magical Creatures?

6. What does Lupin teach about in his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson?

7. What do the dementors look like?

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

9. What picks Harry up after he leaves the Dursley's house in a huff?

10. Who approves Hermione to take so many extra classes in her third year at Hogwarts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the attributes that make a true leader? Who are the true leaders in this book and how does their leadership affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Why might Rowling have allowed Pettigrew to live at the end of the book? What kind of message does this send and do you think he should have been killed? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the time turner affect the course of the plot and what important cautions are given to those who use it?

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