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Setting
Vocabulary
Characters
Fun Stuff
100

I "am the boy who lived"

Harry Potter

100

I am the place where the letters were coming from.

Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

100

Frantically

Moving hurriedly, anxious, disorganized

100

This character, who can transform into a cat, secretly observes Privet Drive and judges whether the Dursleys are fit to raise a wizard.

Professor McGonagall

100

When Harry's hair is cut by Petunia, it mysteriously does this overnight.

Grow back

200

I have a new pig tail. 

Dudley Dursley

200

Harry sleeps in this part of the house.

Cupboard under the stairs.

200

Deafening

Noise so loud it is impossible to hear anything else. 

200

What is Hagrid's first name?

Rubeus

200

I am Dudley's best friend.

Piers Polkiss

300

I murdered Lily and James.

Voldemort or You-Know-Who

300

I am the FIRST address on Harry's Letter.

The Cupboard under the Stairs

4 Privet Drive

Little Whinging, Surrey

300

Ruffle

Looking visibly stressed, not put together

300

This character wears a violet cloak and drops a bag of lemon drops

Albus Dumbledore

300

I am the thing used to make the street lights go out.

Put Outter

400

Where is the snake at the zoo from?

Brazil

400

To escape the letters, the Dursleys and Harry end up staying in this unusual place on Harry’s birthday?

Hut/House on a rock in the sea

400

Pinprick

Two tiny dots, often times in the distance. Can be anything.

400

This Dursley fusses over Dudley’s happiness and tries to protect him from Hagrid.

Petunia Dursley

400

Dudley counts his birthday presents and complains he only has how many?

36

500

After Hagrid takes the door off the hinges, what does he do with it?

Picked it up and put it back into its frame easily.

500

To escape the letters, Vernon drives the family far from home and ends up sleeping in what unusual place BEFORE reaching the hut on the rock? What is the name.

"A gloomy-looking Hotel" - Railview Hotel

500

Dangle

Hang or swing loosely

500

The dark, powerful wizard

Voldemort

500

When Hagrid gave Harry his letter, what was the color of the writing?

Emerald Green