Ch. 1-3
Whose eyes does Harry see in the hedge at Privet Drive, who later shows up in Harry's room? Extra points if you remember what this character tells Harry.
a) Mrs. Norris
b) Dobby
c) Hedwig
d) Fred Weasley
b) Dobby. He tells Harry that there is a plot to make terrible things will happen at Hogwarts, and that Harry must not go to school (p. 13 & 16)
What method do the Weasley family and Harry use to get from the Burrow to Diagon Alley?
a) Floo powder
b) broomsticks
c) an enchanted car
d) side-along apparition
a) Floo powder
What plant can be used to revive petrified victims? Extra points if you can remember what humans need to do to protect themselves when handling these plants.
a) venomous tentacula
b) mandrake
c) bubotuber
d) mimbulus mimbletonia
b) mandrake (p. 144); wear earmuffs! Hearing the cry of a mandrake can kill you. (p. 92)
What surprise does Lockhart arrange to try to boost student morale?
a) Valentine-delivering cupids
b) signed autographs
c) a feast
d) a concert featuring the Weird Sisters
a) Valentine-delivering cupids (p. 236)
What does Lucius Malfoy accidentally give Dobby, leading to Dobby being set free?
Harry's dirty sock! Hooray for Dobby being set free! (p. 338)
At the start of the book, what does Harry say that makes Uncle Vernon very angry? Extra points if you can recall the exact word(s)
a) the spell for making things levitate
b) the 'm' word
c) the name of his wizarding school
d) the word for a non magical person
b) the 'm' word: "you've forgotten the magic word" (p. 2)
With whom and where does Mr. Weasley get in a fight?
a) Lucius Malfoy at Borgin & Burkes
b) Borgin at Borgin & Burkes
c) Lucius Malfoy at Flourish & Blotts
d) Hermione's parents at Gringotts
c) Lucius Malfoy at Flourish & Blotts
When Harry is in the hospital regrowing the bones in his arm, what does Harry learn from both Dobby and Dumbledore?
a) Gryffindor won the quidditch match.
b) Dobby kept Harry and Ron from entering platform 9 3/4.
c) The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again.
d) The Heir of Slytherin is responsible for all the attacks.
c) The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again (p. 178 & 180)
Who gets petrified at the same time as Hermione? Extra points if you can remember what Hermione was holding in her hand (technically she was holding two items; if you remember both you get extra, extra points)
a) Penelope Clearwater
b) Justin Flinch-Fletchley
c) Colin Creevey
d) Romilda Vane
a) Penelope Clearwater (p. 257-258); Hermione was holding a small circular mirror in one hand (p. 257) and in the other a piece of paper torn from a library book with information on a basilisk (p. 290)
Who does Snape suggest should rescue Ginny from the Chamber of Secrets? Extra points if you remember what this character then tries to do.
a) Dumbledore
b) Lockhart
c) himself (Snape)
d) Harry
b) Lockhart (p. 293-294); Lockhart then tries to run away from Hogwarts (p. 297)
Who is Ron's Quidditch team? Extra points if you remember this team's colors
a) the Tornados
b) Gryffindor
c) the Chudley Cannons
d) Puddlemere United
c) the Chudley Cannons; orange with black lettering (p. 40)
Who is the first person Harry and Ron talk with after they fly Mr. Weasley's car into the Whomping Willow? Extra points if you can remember what Mrs. Weasley sends to Ron when she finds out what he did. Extra, extra points if you can remember what item broke in the car crash.
a) Professor McGonagall
b) Hermione
c) Lee Jordan
d) Snape
d) Snape (p. 78); Mrs. Weasley sends Ron a howler (p.87); Ron's wand broke (p. 74)
Why does Salazar Slytherin leave Hogwarts? Extra points if you remember who we learn this from.
a) he gets in a fight with Godric Gryffindor over whether students should be allowed to choose their own house.
b) he believes magic should only be taught to students from all-magic families.
c) he becomes irritated with Helga Hufflepuff's teaching style.
d) he wants to research snakes in Albania.
b) he believes magic should only be taught to students from all-magic families (p. 150); we learn this from Professor Binns, who later regrets that he shared this (p. 152).
Which person does Hermione think she stole hair from for her polyjuice potion? Extra points if you remember what the hair was actually from.
a) Millicent Bulstrode
b) Pansy Parkinson
c) Blaise Zabini
d) Marcus Flint
a) Millicent Bulstrode (p. 214); it was actually hair from a cat! (p. 225)
Which student was killed by the Heir of Slytherin's monster? Extra points if you remember where they were killed.
Moaning Myrtle, in the girls bathroom (p. 299).
How many days is Harry locked in his room before Fred, Ron, and George rescue him? Extra points if you remember what Mr. Dursley adds to Harry's window.
a) 1
b) 4
c) 8
d) 12
b) 4 (p. 22--the first day Mr. Dursley has bars fitted to Harry's window, and then three more days go by before the rescue)
Who keeps following Harry around school trying to take his picture?
a) Ginny
b) Colin Creevey
c) Gilderoy Lockhart
d) Dobby
b) Colin Creevey (p. 98)
When is the first time we see the spell Expelliarmus used?
a) When Harry disarms Draco to get Riddle's diary back.
b) When Hermione disarms Ernie Macmillan before Ernie can jinx Harry for "attacking" Justin Finch-Fletchley.
c) When Dumbledore disarms Lucius Malfoy before Lucius can curse Harry for freeing Dobby.
d) When Snape disarms Lockhart in a dueling demonstation for students.
d) When Snape disarms Lockhart in a dueling demonstration for students. (p. 190)
Second years get to choose which classes to take in their third year. Which of the following statements is FALSE.
a) Dean Thomas closes his eyes and randomly picks whatever classes his wand lands on.
b) Neville Longbottom decides not to take any new classes.
c) Harry chooses the same new subjects as Ron.
d) Hermione signs up for all the classes.
b) Neville Longbottom decides not to take any new classes is FALSE. The book doesn't say which classes he signs up for, only that all his relatives give him lots of suggestions. The other answer options (a, c, d) are all true. (p. 251-252)
Who does Dumbledore say is likely the "most brilliant student Hogwarts has ever seen"?
a) himself (Dumbledore)
b) Harry
c) Hermione
d) Tom Riddle
d) Tom Riddle (p. 329)
Who does Mrs. Weasley consult about de-gnoming the garden?
a) Percy
b) Harry
c) Mr. Weasley
d) Gilderoy Lockhart
d) Gilderoy Lockhart, in his book Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests (p. 36)
Where is the first place that Harry hears a strange voice that no one else seems to be able to hear?
a) in the dungeons
b) in Potions class
c) on the marble staircase near the Great Hall
d) in Lockhart's office
d) in Lockhart's office (p. 120)
How many death years is Nearly Headless Nick turning? Extra points if you can remember the day of the year that Nick's deathday takes place on.
a) 100
b) 300
c) 500
d) 1000
c) 500 yrs (p. 129); Halloween, Oct. 31st (p.129)
One evening, Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Lucius Malfoy, Harry, and Ron are all in Hagrid's hut. Why did Lucius show up at Hagrid's hut? Extra points if you can remember what Hagrid and Dumbledore say to Harry and Ron before leaving.
a) to help escort Hagrid to Azkaban
b) to threaten Dumbledore into leaving Hogwarts
c) to give Dumbledore an Order of Suspension
d) to inform Cornelius Fudge that Hagrid was the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets
c) to give Dumbledore an Order of Suspension (p. 262); Hagrid says to follow the spiders and that Fang will need to be fed (p. 264); Dumbledore says that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask, and that he will never truly have left the school while people are loyal to him (p. 263-264)
Finish this quote from Dumbledore: "It is our choices, Harry, that...
Extra points if you can remember what Dumbledore then shows to Harry to prove that Harry really does belong in Gryffindor.
"show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" (p. 333)
Dumbledore shows Harry the sword of Godric Gryffindor, which Harry had pulled from the Sorting Hat earlier (p. 333-334)