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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry is dismayed to learn that which other Hogwarts student was made a prefect?
(a) Moaning Myrtle.
(b) Vincent Crabbe.
(c) Draco Malfoy.
(d) Gregory Goyle.

2. Why is Harry secretly upset in Chapter 9?
(a) Ron and Hermione are named Gryffindor prefects.
(b) He doesn't want to be the "chosen one" any longer.
(c) Sirius isn't spending enough time with him.
(d) He has fallen in love with Hermione.

3. What favor does Hermione ask Harry to do for the Hogwarts students?
(a) Stop bragging all the time about his exploits.
(b) Get along with Umbridge so that Minister Fudge will be less suspicious of Dumbledore.
(c) Teach the students a different version of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
(d) Stop talking about Voldemort and scaring the students.

4. What seems strange about Harry facing the Wizengamot?
(a) The Wizengamot has not been convened in over 100 years.
(b) They're all taking photos of him throughout the hearing.
(c) Several of them are convicted Death Eaters.
(d) Underage magic would usually only merit a small disciplinary hearing.

5. What does Dumbledore tell Harry when they speak after the hearing?
(a) That he needs to guard carefully against trickery from the Ministry.
(b) They don't speak. Dumbledore leaves without even looking at Harry.
(c) That he will need Harry's assistance this year to protect the students at Hogwarts.
(d) The dark times ahead will require vigilance against false friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do George and Fred keep taking things they find in the Black House?

2. What was Ms. Figg assigned to do in Little Whinging?

3. Why is Minister Fudge trying to undermine Dumbledore in the wizarding community?

4. What change does the Educational Decree Number Twenty-four enact?

5. What do members of the Slytherin House do during the match that fiercely demoralizes Ron?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that Professor Umbridge takes over during the feast?

2. What makes the hearing in Chapter 8 so unusual?

3. Describe the different approaches Ron and Hermione want to take in regards to attempting to free house elves.

4. How does the author use the long, uneventful journey from the Order to the Ministry to illustrate Harry's situation?

5. Name two reasons that Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place is important to Harry.

6. What action, on the part of the Ministry of Magic, shows how serious they are about undermining Dumbledore's influence?

7. How does Hermione explain Cho's see-sawing emotions to Harry, and why is her perception unusual?

8. What is so unusual about the song the Sorting Hat sings at the beginning of Chapter 11? What could that mean for the students of Hogwarts?

9. What does it show about the childrens' characters that they decide to visit Gilderoy Lockhart while at the hospital?

10. Why is Harry emotionally torn when he discovers in Hagrid's class that others can see the Thestrals?

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