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Something we learn about Harry Potter
That his hair grows really fast, he's fast but bullied by Dudley, strange things and people interact with him a lot.
What is going on during this chapter?
Dudley's birthday.
The problem of this chapter.
Letters came addressed to Harry.
"There was a tuft of fur left behind." What does the word tuft mean in this sentence?
A bunch of something.
The end of chapter 4 was...
Someone knocking on the door to the shack.
Who kept getting letters during chapter four?
Harry.
Who all went to the zoo?
Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, Dudley, Piers, and Harry.
List one way the letters were able to get into the house/get to the family during this chapter.
Answers will vary.
"She gingerly placed the cloth down on the table." What does the word gingerly mean in this sentence?
Carefully or delicately.
What was something noticeable and different about the letters?
The ink used was green, it had no postage, heavy paper.
He got two less than last year.
What happened with the snake?
Glass disappeared and it got out.
The place that the family ultimately ended up in an attempt to avoid the letters.
A shack on a rock at sea.
"There was an astonishing quality to the movie." What does the word astonishing mean in this sentence?
Shocking, surprising, putting someone in awe.
Harry tried to get to the letters one morning by meeting the post man, but was interrupted by...
Uncle Vernon sleeping in front of the door.
What happened to Ms. Figgs to where she couldn't babysit Harry?
Broke her leg.
Why did Harry get in trouble?
Piers said that he saw Harry talking to the snake.
Uncle Vernon gives Harry a bedroom to avoid what?
The letters trying to get to him/paranoid people are spying on him.
"He was a scrawny person - and too slow at running." What does scrawny mean in this sentence?
Small, thin, unnaturally so.
How does Harry's birthday usually go?
Usually gets forgotten, usually nothing special happens.
Why did Harry have to go to the zoo?
Nobody was around to watch him.
How did the chapter end/what was Harry's punishment?
Going to his cupboard.
Birthday.
"That was a fateful night that everyone remembered." What does the word fateful mean in this sentence?
Of great importance, significant.
"The sound was muffled by the rain." What does the word muffled mean in this sentence?
Quieted down.