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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. Who joins Harry for the last day of the summer holiday?

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

3. What is so exciting about Halloween for the third years at Hogwarts?

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

5. Why is Harry not as excited about Halloween as the rest of his classmates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ron's worst fear?

2. What causes Ron and Hermione to fight so much during their third year at Hogwarts.

3. Who substitutes for Lupin when he is too sick to teach his class?

4. What is Harry's greatest fear?

5. What surprise gift does Harry find on Christmas morning?

6. Where is Harry when he learns of Sirius Black's true connection to him?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What is a secret keeper, and what place does this term have in the course of the book's plot? In what other places is the theme of secrecy present and how does this affect the plot of the book?

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