Chamber of Secrets Lessonplan

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lesson Plans
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K.
Rowling
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Contents
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Lesson Plans.............................................................. 1
Contents...................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4
Lesson Calendar.......................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter Abstracts...................................................................................................................... 18
Character Descriptions.............................................................................................................. 23
Object Descriptions.................................................................................................................... 30
Daily Lessons............................................................................................................................ 34
Fun Activities.............................................................................................................................. 53
Essay Topics.............................................................................................................................. 56
Short Essay Questions.............................................................................................................. 60
Short Essay Questions Key....................................................................................................... 70
Multiple Choice.......................................................................................................................... 85
Multiple Choice Key................................................................................................................. 114
Short Answer Questions........................................................................................................... 115
Short Answer Questions Key................................................................................................... 141
Oral Reading Evaluation Sheet................................................................................................ 167
Reading Assignment Sheet...................................................................................................... 168
Writing Evaluation Form........................................................................................................... 169
One Week Quiz A.................................................................................................................... 170
Two Week Quiz A..................................................................................................................... 173
Four Week Quiz A.................................................................................................................... 176
Four Week Quiz B.................................................................................................................... 179
Eight Week Quiz A................................................................................................................... 182
Eight Week Quiz B................................................................................................................... 185
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Eight Week Quiz C................................................................................................................... 188
Eight Week Quiz D................................................................................................................... 191
Eight Week Quiz E................................................................................................................... 194
Eight Week Quiz F................................................................................................................... 197
Eight Week Quiz G.................................................................................................................. 200
Mid-Book Test - Easy............................................................................................................... 203
Final Test - Easy...................................................................................................................... 209
Mid-Book Test - Medium.......................................................................................................... 215
Final Test - Medium.................................................................................................................. 223
Mid-Book Test - Hard............................................................................................................... 230
Final Test - Hard....................................................................................................................... 238
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Introduction
Teaching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets lesson plan contains a variety of teaching
materials that cater to all learning styles. Inside you'll find 30 Daily Lessons, 20 Fun
Activities, 180 Multiple Choice Questions, 60 Short Essay Questions, 20 Essay
Questions, Quizzes/Homework Assignments, Tests, and more. The lessons and
activities will help students gain an intimate understanding of the text, while the tests
and quizzes will help you evaluate how well the students have grasped the material.
Target Grade: 7th-12th (Middle School and High School)
Length of Lesson Plan: Approximately 140 pages. Page count is estimated at 300
words per page. Length will vary depending on format viewed.
Browse The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Lesson Plan:
 Introduction  Short Essay Questions

 Lesson Calendar  Multiple Choice
 Chapter Abstracts  Short Answer Questions
 Character Descriptions  Worksheets and Evaluation Forms
 Object Descriptions  Quizzes
 Daily Lessons  Tests
 Fun Activities  Quiz/Test Generator
 Essay Topics
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Full Lesson Plan Overview
Completely Customizable!
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"Period," and "Date." The Word file offers unlimited customizing options so that you can
teach in the most efficient manner possible. Once you download the file, it is yours to
keep and print for your classroom.
Lesson Plan Calendars
The Lesson Plan Calendars provide daily suggestions about what to teach. They
include detailed descriptions of when to assign reading, homework, in-class work, fun
activities, quizzes, tests and more. Use the entire Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets calendar, or supplement it with your own curriculum ideas. Calendars cover
one, two, four, and eight week units. Determine how long your Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets unit will be, then use one of the calendars provided to plan out your
entire lesson.
Chapter Abstracts
Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter of Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They highlight major plot events and detail the
important relationships and characteristics of important characters. The Chapter
Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the
students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use
them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an
excellent refresher of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for either a student or
teacher.
Character and Object Descriptions
Character and Object Descriptions provide descriptions of the significant characters as

well as objects and places in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. These can be
printed out and used as an individual study guide for students, a "key" for leading a
class discussion, a summary review prior to exams, or a refresher for an educator. The
character and object descriptions are also used in some of the quizzes and tests in this
lesson plan. The longest descriptions run about 200 words. They become shorter as the
importance of the character or object declines.
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Daily Lessons
This section of the lesson plan contains 30 Daily Lessons. Daily Lessons each have a
specific objective and offer at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective.
Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts,
individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation
exercises and other ways to teach students about Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets in a classroom setting. You can combine daily lessons or use the ideas within
them to create your own unique curriculum. They vary greatly from day to day and offer
an array of creative ideas that provide many options for an educator.
Fun Classroom Activities
Fun Classroom Activities differ from Daily Lessons because they make "fun" a priority.
The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help students
understand Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in fun and entertaining ways. Fun
Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities,
brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and countless other
creative exercises. Many of the activities encourage students to interact with each other,
be creative and think "outside of the box," and ultimately grasp key concepts from the
text by "doing" rather than simply studying. Fun activities are a great way to keep
students interested and engaged while still providing a deeper understanding of Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and its themes.
Essay Questions/Writing Assignments
These 20 Essay Questions/Writing Assignments can be used as essay questions on a

test, or as stand-alone essay topics for a take-home or in-class writing assignment on
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Students should have a full understanding of
the unit material in order to answer these questions. They often include multiple parts of
the work and ask for a thorough analysis of the overall text. They nearly always require
a substantial response. Essay responses are typically expected to be one (or more)
page(s) and consist of multiple paragraphs, although it is possible to write answers
more briefly. These essays are designed to challenge a student's understanding of the
broad points in a work, interactions among the characters, and main points and themes
of the text. But, they also cover many of the other issues specific to the work and to the
world today.
Short Essay Questions
The 60 Short Essay Questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence
answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets by describing what they've read, rather than just recalling it.
The short essay questions evaluate not only whether students have read the material,
but also how well they understand and can apply it. They require more thought than
multiple choice questions, but are shorter than the essay questions.
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Multiple Choice Questions
The 180 Multiple Choice Questions in this lesson plan will test a student's recall and
understanding of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Use these questions for
quizzes, homework assignments or tests. The questions are broken out into sections,
so they focus on specific chapters within Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. This
allows you to test and review the book as you proceed through the unit. Typically, there
are 5-15 questions per chapter, act or section.
Evaluation Forms
Use the Oral Reading Evaluation Form when students are reading aloud in class. Pass
the forms out before you assign reading, so students will know what to expect. You can
use the forms to provide general feedback on audibility, pronunciation, articulation,
expression and rate of speech. You can use this form to grade students, or simply
comment on their progress.
Use the Writing Evaluation Form when you're grading student essays. This will help you
establish uniform criteria for grading essays even though students may be writing about
different aspects of the material. By following this form you will be able to evaluate the
thesis, organization, supporting arguments, paragraph transitions, grammar, spelling,
punctuation, etc. of each student's essay.
Quizzes/Homework Assignments
The Quizzes/Homework Assignments are worksheets that can be used in a variety of

ways. They pull questions from the multiple choice and short essay sections, the
character and object descriptions, and the chapter abstracts to create worksheets that
can be used for pop quizzes, in-class assignments and homework. Periodic homework
assignments and quizzes are a great way to encourage students to stay on top of their
assigned reading. They can also help you determine which concepts and ideas your
class grasps and which they need more guidance on. By pulling from the different
sections of the lesson plan, quizzes and homework assignments offer a comprehensive
review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in manageable increments that are
less substantial than a full blown test.
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Tests
Use the Test Summary page to determine which pre-made test is most relevant to your
students' learning styles. This lesson plan provides both full unit tests and mid-unit tests.
You can choose from several tests that include differing combinations of multiple choice
questions, short answer questions, short essay questions, full essay questions,
character and object matching, etc. Some of the tests are designed to be more difficult
than others. Some have essay questions, while others are limited to short-response
questions, like multiple choice, matching and short answer questions. If you don't find
the combination of questions that best suits your class, you can also create your own
test on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Lesson Calendar
Definitions
 Review Chapter Abstracts: Chapter abstracts are synopses of each chapter

that you can use to review the reading assignments with your students.
 Daily Lessons: There are 30 daily lessons detailed in this lesson plan. Select a
new daily lesson for each day.
 Fun Activities: There are 20 fun activities in this lesson plan. They serve as a
way for students to interact with the material in an enjoyable, educational way.
 Read Aloud in Class: Ask students to take turns reading aloud from where they
left off in their most recent reading assignment. Use the Oral Reading Evaluation
Form in this lesson plan to evaluate their reading skills.
 In-Class Handout: An in-class handout can be one of the quizzes/homework
assignments, vocabulary games, worksheets, or an essay/writing assignment. It's
something the students can complete and turn in during class, or begin in-class
and take home to finish as a homework assignment.
One Week Lesson Calendar
Before the unit begins:
 Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 5

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Quiz Day 4 - Day 5 - Test
Introduce Unit Review Unit Review Unit
Review Review Review Review Test

Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to
Chapter 5 Chapter 9 Chapter 14 Chapter 18
1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Quiz 1 Lesson from

Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons
1-8 9-15 1 Lesson from 24-30
Daily Lessons
1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 16-23 1 In-Class
from Fun Handout Handout
Activities 1-10 1 In-Class
Homework Handout Homework
Students Read Assignment: Assignment:
Aloud in Class Read through 1 Fun Activity Study for the
Chapter 14 and from Fun test
Homework choose a Activities 11-20
Assignment: homework
Read through assignment Homework
Assignment:
9
Chapter 9 from one of the Read through
Daily Lessons Chapter 18 and
assign an
essay, due the
week following
the test
Two Week Lesson Calendar

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Quiz
Introduce Unit Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit
Review Review Review Review Review

Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to
Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 6 Chapter 8 Chapter 10
1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Quiz

Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons
1-4 5-8 9-12 13-15 Homework
Assignment:
Students Read 1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 1 Fun Activity Read through
Aloud in Class from Fun Handout from Fun Chapter 12 and
Activities 1-5 Activities 6-10 assign an
Homework Homework essay, due the
Assignment: Homework Assignment: Review for the week following
Read through Assignment: Read through quiz the final test
Chapter 4 Read through Chapter 8
Chapter 6 Homework
Assignment:
Read through
Chapter 10 and
study for the
quiz
Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10 - Final
Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit Test

Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to
Chapter 12 Chapter 14 Chapter 16 Chapter 18
1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from
10
Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons
16-19 20-23 24-27 28-30
1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 1 In-Class 1 In-Class

from Fun Handout Handout Handout
Activities 11-15
Students Read 1 Fun Activity Review for the
Homework Aloud in Class from Fun test
Assignment: Activities 16-20
Read through Homework Homework
Chapter 14 and Assignment: Homework Assignment:
choose a Read through Assignment: Study for the
homework Chapter 16 and Read through test
assignment choose a Chapter 18
from one of the homework
Daily Lessons assignment
from one of the
Daily Lessons
Four Week Lesson Calendar


Students Read 1 Lesson from Review Review Quiz

Aloud in Class Daily Lessons Homework Homework
1-2 1 Lesson from
Homework 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Daily Lessons
Assignment: 1 In-Class Daily Lessons Daily Lessons 7-8
Read through Handout 3-4 5-6
Chapter 2 Students Read
Homework 1 Fun Activity 1 Fun Activity Aloud in Class
Assignment: from Fun from Fun
Read through Activities 1-3 Activities 4-5 Homework
Chapter 3 and Assignment:
choose a Homework 1 In-Class Read through
homework Assignment: Handout Chapter 6 and
assignment Read through choose a
11
from one of the Chapter 4 and Homework homework
Daily Lessons choose a Assignment: assignment
homework Read through from one of the
assignment Chapter 5 Daily Lessons
from one of the
Daily Lessons
Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Day 9 - Day 10 - Mid
Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit Unit Test


Homework Homework Homework Homework
Homework
Daily Lesson 9 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Assignment:
Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Read through
1 Fun Activity 10-11 12-13 14-15 Chapter 11 and
from Fun assign an
Activities 6-7 1 In-Class 1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class essay, due the
Handout from Fun Handout week following
Homework Activities 8-9 the final test
Assignment: Students Read Review for the
Read through Aloud in Class Homework test
choose a Homework Read through Homework
homework Assignment: Chapter 9 and Assignment:
assignment Read through choose a Read through
from one of the Chapter 8 and homework Chapter 10 and
Daily Lessons choose a assignment study for the
homework from one of the test
assignment Daily Lessons
from one of the
Daily Lessons
Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit

Review the test 1 Lesson from Review Review Quiz

Daily Lessons Homework Homework
12
Daily Lesson 17-18 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Daily Lesson
16 Daily Lessons Daily Lessons 23
1 Fun Activity 19-20 21-22
Students Read from Fun Students Read
Aloud in Class Activities 10-12 1 In-Class 1 Fun Activity Aloud in Class
Handout from Fun
Homework Homework Activities 13-14 1 Fun Activity
Assignment: Assignment: Homework from Fun
Read through Read through Assignment: Homework Activities 15-16
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 and Read through Assignment:
choose a Chapter 14 and Read through Homework
homework choose a Chapter 15 and Assignment:
assignment homework choose a Read through
from one of the assignment homework Chapter 16 and
Daily Lessons from one of the assignment choose a
Daily Lessons from one of the homework
from one of the
Daily Lessons
Review Review Review Daily Lesson Test

Chapter Chapter Chapter 30
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to
Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 1 In-Class
Handout
Review Review Review
Homework Homework Homework Homework
Assignment:
1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Study for the
Daily Lessons Daily Lessons Daily Lessons test
24-25 26-27 28-29
1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 1 In-Class

from Fun Handout Handout
Activities 17-18
Students Read 1 Fun Activity
Homework Aloud in Class from Fun
Assignment: Activities 19-20
Read through Homework
choose a Read through
homework Chapter 18 and
assignment choose a
from one of the homework
13
from one of the
Daily Lessons
Eight Week Lesson Calendar

Review Review Review Review Quiz

Chapter Chapter Homework Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Fun Activity 2
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Daily Lesson 2 Chapter 3
Students Read
Students Read Daily Lesson 1 Fun Activity 1 Review Aloud in Class
Aloud in Class Homework
1 In-Class Homework Homework
Homework Handout Assignment: Daily Lesson 3 Assignment:
Assignment: Read through Read through
Read through Homework Chapter 3 and 1 In-Class Chapter 4
Chapter 2 Assignment: complete the Handout
Complete the Daily Lesson
Daily Lesson
Day 6 - Day 7 - Day 8 - Quiz Day 9 - Day 10 -

Chapter Homework Chapter Homework Chapter
Chapter 4 Daily Lesson 5 Chapter 5 Daily Lesson 7 Chapter 6
Daily Lesson 4 1 In-Class Quiz Fun Activity 4 Fun Activity 5

Handout
Fun Activity 3 Review 1 In-Class 1 In-Class
Students Read Homework Handout Handout
Homework Aloud in Class
Assignment: Daily Lesson 6 Homework
Complete the Homework Assignment:
Daily Lesson Assignment: Students Read Read through
Read through Aloud in Class Chapter 6
Chapter 5 and
complete the Homework
Daily Lesson Assignment:
14
Complete the
Daily Lesson
Day 11 - Day 12 - Quiz Day 13 - Day 14 - Day 15 - Quiz
Review Unit Review Unit Review Unit
Daily Lesson 8 Review Review Review Quiz

Chapter Homework Chapter
Students Read Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Students Read
Aloud in Class Chapter 7 Daily Lesson Chapter 8 Aloud in Class
10
Homework Quiz Review Fun Activity 8
Assignment: 1 In-Class Homework
Read through Daily Lesson 9 Handout Homework
Chapter 7 and Daily Lesson Assignment:
study for the Fun Activity 6 Homework 11 Read through
quiz Assignment: Chapter 9 and
Homework Read through Fun Activity 7 complete the
Assignment: Chapter 8 and Daily Lesson
Complete the complete the Homework
Daily Lesson Daily Lesson Assignment:
Complete the
Daily Lesson

Chapter Homework Chapter Homework
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Homework
Chapter 9 Daily Lesson Chapter 10 1 In-Class Assignment:
13 Handout Assign an
Daily Lesson Review essay, due on
12 1 In-Class Homework Review for the day 38
Handout test
Fun Activity 9 Daily Lesson
Students Read 14 Homework
Homework Aloud in Class Assignment:
Assignment: 1 In-Class Study for the
Complete the Homework Handout test
Daily Lesson Assignment:
Read through Fun Activity 10
Chapter 10
Homework
Assignment:
Complete the
Daily Lesson
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Daily Lesson Review Review Review Quiz

15 Chapter Homework Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Daily Lesson
Review the test Chapter 11 Daily Lesson Chapter 12 18
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Homework Daily Lesson Review Fun Activity 13
Assignment: 16 Fun Activity 11 Homework
Read through Homework
Chapter 11 1 In-Class Homework Fun Activity 12 Assignment:
Handout Assignment: Read through
Read through Chapter 13 and
Homework Chapter 12 and complete the
Assignment: complete the Daily Lesson
Complete the Daily Lesson
Daily Lesson

Chapter Homework Chapter Homework Chapter
Chapter 13 Daily Lesson Chapter 14 Daily Lesson Chapter 15
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Review Review Quiz
Homework 1 In-Class Homework 1 In-Class
Handout Handout Fun Activity 15
Daily Lesson Daily Lesson
19 Students Read 21 Homework
Aloud in Class Assignment:
Homework Fun Activity 14 Read through
Assignment: Homework Chapter 15 and
Complete the Assignment: Homework study for the
Daily Lesson Read through Assignment: quiz
Chapter 14 and Complete the
complete the Daily Lesson
Daily Lesson
Daily Lesson Review Review Review Quiz

23 Chapter Homework Chapter
Abstracts up to Abstracts up to Students Read
Students Read Chapter 16 Daily Lesson Chapter 17 Aloud in Class
Aloud in Class 25
Daily Lesson Review Daily Lesson
16
Homework 24 1 In-Class Homework 27
Assignment: Handout
Read through Fun Activity 16 Daily Lesson Fun Activity 18
Chapter 16 Homework 26
Homework Assignment: Homework
Assignment: Read through Fun Activity 17 Assignment:
Complete the Chapter 17 and Read through
Daily Lesson complete the Chapter 18 and
Daily Lesson complete the
Daily Lesson
Review 1 In-Class Collect essay Review Test

Chapter Handout assignments Homework
Abstracts up to
Chapter 18 Homework Daily Lesson Daily Lesson
Assignment: 29 30
Review Finish the
Homework essay Fun Activity 20 1 In-Class
Handout
Daily Lesson Homework
28 Assignment: Review for the
Complete the test
Fun Activity 19 Daily Lesson
Homework
Assignment:
Complete the
Daily Lesson
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Chapter Abstracts
Chapter 1
• It is Harry's birthday and he is told to stay in his room when the Dursleys' dinner
guests arrive.
• Harry pretends to do magic on Dudley to frighten him.
• Harry is fed a piece of cheese and two pieces of bread moments before he is sent to
his room.
• Harry finds someone sitting on his bed when he enters his room.
Chapter 2
• Dobby, the House Elf, warns Harry to not go back to Hogwarts, then he ruins Aunt
Petunia's dessert by using magic.
• Harry receives a letter from the Improper Use of Magic Office because of Dobby's
spell.
• Harry is locked in his room with bars put on his windows.
• Ron Weasley shows up at Harry's window.
Chapter 3
• Ron Weasley and his brothers, Fred and George, are in a flying car outside of Harry's
window.
• Ron and his brothers free Harry from his room and they fly away to Ron's house.
• Ron's mother welcomes the boys in the house but is angry that they took the flying car
without permission.
• Mr. Weasley pretends to be angry with the boys but is very interested in how the car
flew.
Chapter 4
• Harry and all the Weasley children receive their letters from Hogwarts explaining what
books and supplies will be needed.
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• Harry travels by Floo powder to Knockturn Alley by mistake.
• Harry sees Draco Malfoy and his father selling Dark Magic artifacts.
• Hagrid finds Harry and takes him back to the Weasley family where they are getting
school books.
Chapter 5
• The Weasleys go to the train station and everyone gets through, except Ron and
Harry, when the magic entrance is closed.
• Ron and Harry fly the magic car to the school and crash into a Whomping Willow.
• Professor McGonagall gives both the boys detention.
• Ron and Harry go the the Gryffindor Tower where they find Hermione.
Chapter 6
• Ron receives a Howler letter from his mother.
• Colin Creevey takes a picture of Harry Potter with Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Gilderoy Lockhart lets loose a cage full of Cornish pixies on which Hermione casts a
spell to put them back in their cage.
Chapter 7
• Draco Malfoy is the new seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team.
• Draco calls Hermione a Mudblood and Ron attempts to curse him but curses himself
instead.
• Ron explains what a Mudblood is.
• Harry serves his detention with Gilderoy Lockhart and hears a voice calling him and
telling him that he will kill him.
Chapter 8
• Harry agrees to go to Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday party.
• Hermione introduces Ron and Harry to Moaning Myrtle.
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• Harry hears the voice again saying that it is going to kill.
• Harry, Ron and Hermione find a warning on the wall about the Chamber of Secrets at
the same time that they discover that Mrs. Norris has been petrified.
Chapter 9
• Harry does not tell the teachers that he has been hearing the strange voice.
• Ginny Weasley is very upset about Mrs. Norris and cries about it constantly.
• Professor Binns explains what he knows about the Chamber of Secrets.
• Hermione finds out about a book that contains a spell that will enable her, Ron and
Harry to transform into other people.
Chapter 10
• Harry goes to the Quidditch match to play against Slytherin.
• An enchanter, Bludger, tries to kill Harry and breaks his arm.
• Dobby comes to visit Harry and tells Harry that he is the one that made Bludger go
after Harry.
• Colin Creevey is petrified.
Chapter 11
• There is a dueling club started by Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Harry speaks to a snake causing the students to believe he is the heir of Slytherin.
• Harry finds Nearly Headless Nick and Justin Finch-Fletchley petrified.
• Harry is taken to Dumbledore's quarters.
Chapter 12
• Harry is asked by Dumbledore if there is anything he needs to tell him but Harry tells
him that there is not.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione stay at Hogwarts over the Christmas vacation to spy on
Draco Malfoy.
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• The Polyjuice Potion is complete and they transform.
• Harry and Ron talk to Draco and find that he does not know who the heir of Slytherin
is.
Chapter 13
• Harry and Ron find Tom Riddle's diary in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
• Harry receives a Valentine from Ginny Weasley.
• Harry writes in the diary and Tom Riddle answers him through the pages of the book.
• Tom Riddle tells Harry that it was Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty
years earlier.
Chapter 14
• Someone breaks into Harry's room to steal Tom Riddle's diary.
• Hermione is found petrified and holding a mirror.
• Dumbledore is asked to resign.
• Hagrid tells Ron and Harry to follow the spiders.
Chapter 15
• Ron and Harry follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest.
• Aragog tells Ron and Harry that Hagrid did not loose the creature the first time.
• Harry and Ron are saved by the enchanted car.
• Harry decides Moaning Myrtle might have been the victim of the creature fifty years
ago.
Chapter 16
• Ginny tries to tell Harry and Ron something but is interrupted.
• Harry finds a paper from Hermione explaining that the creature is a Basilisk.
• Ginny is kidnapped and taken to the Chamber of Secrets.
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• Harry and Ron kidnap Lockhart and enter the Chamber of Secrets to retrieve Ginny.
Chapter 17
• Harry finds Ginny Weasley alive but dying in the chamber.
• Tom Riddle explains that he is Voldemort and when Ginny is dead, he will live.
• Dumbledore's phoenix appears and gives Harry a sword and plucks out the Basilisk's
eyes.
• Harry destroys Tom Riddle's diary and takes Ginny back to Ron and Lockhart.
Chapter 18
• Dumbledore has returned to the school when Harry returns with Ginny Weasley.
• Lucius Malfoy shows up with Dobby to ask why Dumbledore has returned.
• Lucius gives the Tom Riddle diary to Dobby with one of Harry Potter's socks in it which
gives Dobby his freedom.
• Harry and the other students leave Hogwarts for summer vacation.
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Character Descriptions
Harry Potter
This character's parents were killed when he was only a baby while they were trying to
save him from an evil wizard. This character has a lightning-shaped scar above one eye
that came from the attack and this character also wears glasses.
Ron Weasely
This character has red hair along with the rest of his large family. This character is very
afraid of spiders.
Hermione Granger
This character is the brightest student at Hogwarts. This character has no magic-born
parents and is teased about being a mud blood.
Albus Dumbledore
The headmaster at Hogwarts who fights against the evil that tries to overtake the
school.
Voldemort/Tom Marvolo Riddle

This character is the evil dark lord of magic whose name must not be mentioned
because he is so dangerous. He was part Muggle with a human father and a witch for a
mother and became evil when he left Hogwarts.
Rubeus Hagrid
Hagrid is employed as the Gamekeeper at Hogwarts. This character is half giant.
Professor Severus Snape

Teaches potions at Hogwarts and is in charge of the Slytherin house.
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Dobby
A house elf that has large ears, bulbous eyes and a long thin nose. He speaks in a high-
pitched voice and is not allowed clothing.
Ginny Weasley
New to Hogwarts, in her first year. This character has an evil diary that enchants her
and she nearly dies.
Gilderoy Lockhart
Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Famous for his daring
achievements against the Dark Arts, he is keen for publicity at every opportunity, posing
for photo shoots and telling everyone how great he thinks he is but is defeated by one of
his own memory charms.
Professor Minerva McGonagall

Female professor responsible for the Gryffindor house and teacher of transfiguration.
Draco Malfoy
A pupil at Hogwarts in the Slytherin house. He becomes a Seeker for the Slytherin team
and his father is evil.
Mr. Vernon Dursley

This character is a large, overweight man with a mustache. He hates magic and anyone
associated with it and also takes care of his orphaned nephew.
Mrs. Petunia Dursley

A thin woman who constantly worries about what people think, she hates anything
magical and treats her orphaned nephew badly.
Dudley Dursley
This character is blond and extremely plump. He is spoiled by his parents and always
gets his own way. He is a sly and sneaky Muggle, often telling lies to get his cousin in
trouble.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mason
Business associate and his wife that are Muggles. The man is described as a rich
builder and his wife is terrified of birds.
Fred and George Weasley

Red-haired twins that have an appetite for mischief and adventure.
Percy Weasley
Percy is a red-haired prefect student at Hogwarts.
Mr. Arthur Weasley

Mr. Weasley works as the Ministry of Magic in the "Misuse of Muggle Artifacts" office.
Mrs. Molly Weasley

A small, plump red-haired woman who, despite her size, keeps her large family under
control.
Bill and Charlie Weasley

Bill and Charlie are brothers who have graduated Hogwarts. One studies dragons and
the other works for Gringotts Bank.
Lucius Malfoy
Malfoy is a powerful wizard who now works for the Ministry of Magic. He has a son in
the house of Slytherin.
Cornelius Fudge
The Minister of Magic who shows up to take the gameskeeper to Azkaban prison.
Professor Sprout
Professor Sprout is a professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and has very dirty fingernails.
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Professor Dippet
He was the head teacher when the evil sorcerer was a pupil at Hogwarts.
Mr. Filch
He is the caretaker at Hogwarts and is a squibb. He owns a cat and hates the students.
Madame Pomfrey
She is the the matron in the school hospital wing (sanatorium) and keeps watch over
anyone petrified.
Madam Hooch
She is a Quidditch teacher.
Professor Flitwick
Professor Flitwick is a Charms teacher at Hogwarts and is short and older with white
hair.
Neville Longbottom
He is a pupil at the Gryffindor school who says that he is almost a squibb and lives with
his grandmother.
Ernie Macmillan
He is a pupil in Hufflepuff who suspects a certain character of being the heir of Slytherin.
Later this character will apologize for the heir of Slytherin accusations.
Colin Creevey
He is a pupil at Hogwarts in Gryffindor and takes photographs until he is the second
victim to be petrified.
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Muggle-born pupil in Hufflepuff who is saved from being attacked by a snake and is also
the third victim to be petrified.
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Oliver Wood
He is the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Marcus Flint
He is the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Millicent Bulstrode
She is a Slytherin pupil whose hair is stolen for a transformation potion which also has
cat hair mixed in with it.
Lee Jordan
He is a friend of the red-haired twin boys and is the commentator of the Quidditch
matches.
Crabbe and Goyle

Other characters transform into these characters to try and find out who is the heir to
Slytherin. They are friends of the Slytherin seeker.
Muggles
They are people with no magical blood in their veins.
Mudblood
This is an insulting term to describe someone who has Muggle parents but can preform
magic.
Squib
This is a person born into a wizard family with no magic powers.
Parselmouth
This is a person who can talk to snakes.
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Nearly Headless Nick
This is a ghost that haunts Gryffindor tower and the fourth victim to be petrified by the
Basilisk and has a Deathday party.
Peeves
This is a school poltergeist who antagonizes other ghosts and students by sometimes
singing songs.
Moaning Myrtle
This is a ghost that haunts the girls' toilets in Hogwarts and is the original victim of the
Basilisk.
The Fat Lady

This is an animated portrait that controls the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.
Aragog
This is a huge spider that lives in the forbidden forest and believed to have been the
original monster in the Chamber of Secrets.
The Basilisk
This is a giant serpent responsible for the attacks and those who look into its eyes are
killed instantly.
Hedwig
This is a pet owl belonging to one of the main characters. This owl is locked up in a
cage at the beginning of the story.
Scabbers
This is a pet rat.
Errol
This is a very clumsy owl belonging to a red-haired family.
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Fang
This is a very large, cowardly dog belonging to the groundskeeper.
Mrs. Norris
This is a cat and the first of the Basilisk's victims.
Fawkes
This is a pet bird and a magical phoenix with healing powers which pecks out the
Basilisk's eyes.
Fluffy
This is a dog with three heads.
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Object Descriptions
4 Privet Drive
The home address for the Dursleys, Harry's non-magical family
Hogwarts
The school of witchcraft and wizardry that Harry attends
The forbidden forest

Forest that surrounds and protects Hogwarts
The Chamber of Secrets

Underground cavern hidden beneath Hogwarts
Ottery St. Catch Pole

Village where Ron's family lives
The Burrow
Family home of the Weasleys
Diagon Alley
This is a street in London that is not visible to Muggles. Shops in this street sell magical
items to wizards and witches.
Knockturn Alley
Street near Diagon Alley
The Leaky Cauldron

An inn popular among wizards and witches in Diagon Alley
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Flourish and Botts
Bookshop in Diagon Alley
Azkaban
Prison for wizards
The Great Hall

This is a majestic hall in Hogwarts where the sorting takes place each year. It has a
fantastic ceiling that mirrors the sky. It is not only used for celebrations and grand
occasions; the pupils use this room daily at meal times.
The Whomping Willow

A large willow tree at Hogwarts whose dangerous branches wave wildly and trap
careless people.
Platform Nine and Three Quarters

This is a platform at King's Cross Station, London. Located between Platform Nine and
Ten, unseen to the Muggle eye, this is the platform from which the Hogwarts Express
leaves to take pupils back to Hogwarts.
Hogwarts Express
Train that takes pupils to Hogwarts
The flying car

Used by Ron and the twins to rescue Harry
O.W.L.s
Acronym for exams taken by wizards: "Ordinary Wizard Levels"
Gringotts Bank
The wizards' bank
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Galleons, Sickles and Knuts
Denominations of Wizard money
The Evening Prophet

Wizard newspaper
Floo powder
Used to transport wizards from place to place via fireplaces
The Sorting Hat

This is a magical hat placed on the head of new pupils at Hogwarts. Used at the start of
each year in the Sorting Ceremony, this hat determines into which schoolhouse a pupil
will be placed.
Howler
This is a letter that shouts and screams and is usually sent to express displeasure with
the recipient.
Mandrakes
Plants with magical properties, grown for their healing properties and studied in
Herbology
Cornish Pixies
Blue pixies studied in Defense Against The Dark Arts
The Golden Snitch

This is a ball used in Quidditch that flies at alarming speeds and is hard to catch. The
game of Quidditch is over when a Seeker catches this.
Quaffle and Bludgers

Balls used in the game of Quidditch
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Pepperup Potion
Potion used by Madam Pomfrey
Polyjuice Potion
Potion that transforms the person who drinks it into someone else
Moste Potente Potions

Magical book containing the spell for transformation
Skele-Grow
Potion used to grow bones
Bicorn Horn & Boomslang Skin

Rare objects used in the Polyjuice Potion
Magic Diary
Found in Moaning Myrtle's toilets, the diary holds secrets and records about the last
time the chamber was opened.
Invisibility Cloak
Magic cloak given to Harry that used to belong to his father
Godric Gryffindor's Sword

Weapon used by Harry to defeat the Basilisk
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Daily Lessons
Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1)
Objective
While Harry Potter is written in a fairly straightforward style, there are bound to be some
words that students don't immediately recognize. The objective of his lesson is to
promote student reading comprehension.
Lesson
1. Open a discussion: Ask students to select a word from the previous night's reading
that they didn't immediately understand. How did the student come to understand the
meaning of that word? Talk about word comprehension methods and the need to
understand what is being read.
2. Use the word "Muggles" as an example of a word that is specific to this particular
piece of literature. Although this word is unlikely to be found in any other literary work, is
it acceptable for writers to use words such as this? Is it possible that "Muggles" could
become an accepted word because of the use in this book? Have students list other
words or catch phrases that have become accepted because of literature.
3. Homework: Write a paragraph on a general knowledge topic with which students will
be familiar. Exchange three or four words for some other word with an entirely different
meaning. For example, instead of saying "The cow jumped over the moon," say, "The
cow 'sneakered' over the moon." Talk about the association from the word "jump" to
"feet" to "sneakers" as being how that word came to be used . Give students a few
minutes to come up with their own examples.
4. For homework: Have students create a list of ten popularly accepted words that have
derived from literature, including how the word is used in modern language as well as
the source. Be prepared to allow some leeway with regard to slang students use when
talking to friends.

Objective
Harry Potter describes the eyes in the hedge that are staring at him. The objective of
this lesson is to raise student awareness of the use and importance of imagery.
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Lesson
1. Create a list of ten to twenty items easily seen in the classroom. Have students write
a descriptive word or phrase that comes to mind. Open class discussion about the
necessity for writers to use imaginative imagery - "marbled" rather than "brown" to
describe a desk surface.
2. Open a discussion. Have students list the words and phrases that bring to mind some
specific image. How important are these descriptive words and phrases to the
enjoyment of the story?
3. For homework: Have students re-write the scene in which Dumbledore's office is
described, using different descriptive words to create the necessary imagery. Are there
better words the author could have chosen?
4. Class discussion: Have the students break into groups. Have part of the groups find
reasons that the imagery used was sufficient. Have the other groups debate what could
have been better used to convey what the author wanted while Harry was looking at the
eyes. Example: The hedge stared back at him. Two green eyes, larger than the leaves,
looked strangely camouflaged in the foliage but were obviously out of place none the
less.

Objective
The story is written with a limited view. That means that the reader (or the viewer)
knows only what the main character knows. The objective of this lesson is to make
students aware of the view and its importance.
Lesson
1. Define omniscient and limited. Have students create a list of advantages and
disadvantages of each method for writing.
2. Discuss literature that uses the omniscient view; the limited view. Find familiar
examples, including past class reading so that students can readily grasp the
differences and similarities.
3. For homework: Have students write an essay explaining how the omniscient view
could have been used in Harry Potter. Encourage creativity but make the point that in
order for there to be a omniscient view, there must be some way to impart information
that the main character is unaware of. Explain different ways this information can be
given to the reader only.
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4. Have the students discuss what it calls to mind when they know ahead of time that
the story will be limited or omniscient. Discuss why and if these assumptions are
correct.

Objective
Even though Harry Potter is a relatively new book, quotes from literary works have the
potential to become famous in their own right. The objective of this lesson is to examine
the role of quotes in literature.
Lesson
1. Discussion: Have students list their favorite quote from the story. Why does that
quote appeal to them?
2. Have students write an essay listing some other famous quotes. Have the students
insert these quotes into Harry Potter where they would be appropriate without changing
the original quote. What impact does it have on the reader?
3. For homework: Have students make a list of famous quotes from their own
experiences. Encourage them to use parents, siblings, classmates and teachers. What
is there about those personal situations that made these quotes memorable?
4. Discussion: Have the students discuss the reasons that people so widely use famous
quotes.
5. Debate: Break the students into groups. Have them debate the difference in someone
using quotes from moments in history (i.e. JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Helen Keller)
and someone using quotes from movies (i.e. Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, The Shining).
Give specific quotes as examples.

Objective
Although Harry Potter is fictional, the time in which a story is set has a tremendous
impact on the characters, setting and realism. The object of this lesson is to bring a
deeper understanding of the importance of the time and its impact on everything in the
story.
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Lesson
1. Discussion: Have students consider whether it is easier to write about a familiar time
and place or one that is unknown or imaginary. Point out that it depends largely on
whether the book is supposed to seem realistic.
2. Break students into teams of three or four with a three- to four-foot length of
construction paper (A local printer or newspaper office might be able to provide a small
roll at little or no charge). Provide markers, colored pencils or any other art and drawing
supplies available. Offer students the option of creating either an alternative to the
imaginary setting of Hogwarts or the realistic setting of the Dursley home on Privy Drive.
Encourage creativity in locations such as outer space, in a volcano or simply a different
country. Display the results and discuss the reasons for their choices as well as the
details of their settings.
3. For homework: Have students write an essay supporting or disputing the details of
Hogwarts and the Dursley residence presented in Harry Potter. Grade on
thoughtfulness in the approach as well as writing.
4. Debate: Have the students pick a side. The story never tells you an actual date.
There are things in the book that might imply the date but it is implied only. In five, ten,
twenty years, will it be obvious that the story took place that long ago or will it continue
to seem like a current date to the person reading? Give specific reasons for your belief.

Objective
The objective of this lesson is to teach students the difference between stories written in
first person and those written in third person.
Lesson
1. Classwork: Split the class into two sections. Have students answer the question,
"Could this story have been told entirely in first person?" Have one side debate for and
the other against.
2. Have the students explain the significance of the story being told in third person and
what it adds to the story as opposed to first person?
3. Homework: Have students write a synopsis of the story up to this point using only
third person, or have them write the synopsis in first person from Harry's point of view or
from Ron or Hermione's point of view. Note that if you use Ron or Hermione, there will
be Harry's birthday and other scenes that will be omitted and some scenes must be
added since we don't see Ron or Hermione at the beginning but know they are worried.
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4.Discussion: What did the author gain from using third person? List other literature that
uses this same point of view and why it is more effective.

Objective
Family dynamics plays an important role in explaining a particular character's actions

and reactions. Members of the Weasley household are no exception. The objective of
this lesson is to study character interactions.
Lesson
1. Open a discussion of the Weasley family. List all the ways they are a typical family of
England of this time period. List all the ways they are atypical. How do these facts
impact the various family members?
2. Have students select a particular character in the Weasley family with whom they can
identify. Write an essay of the life of that character one year before Harry Potter's
appearance.
3. Homework: Conduct a poll of family dynamics. Have students list the number of
siblings in their family and indicate their place (in age) among the children. Beside each
child, list two or three adjectives that best describe that sibling. Then open the floor for
discussion to search for common traits among the oldest and youngest girls as well as
the youngest and oldest boys. Compare those to Ginny, Ron, George, Fred and Percy.
4. Have the students list the qualities that differ in Hermione and Ron. What of these
qualities can be attributed to their family lives? Did the author do an adequate job of
associating proper backgrounds to these characters? Explain.

Objective
Harry Potter sees Lucius Malfoy at Knockturn Alley selling Dark Magic artifacts. This is
an example of foreshadowing. The purpose of this lesson is to heighten awareness of
foreshadowing in literature.
Lesson
1. For class discussion: Based on Lucius Malfoy's discussion at Borgin and Burkes,
what can the reader deduct about his character and his role? Why? Ask students who
have seen this story as a movie to consider what theatrics could have been used in the
movie to relate the foreshadowing.
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2. For classwork: Have students select an additional scene that turns out to be a case of
foreshadowing. What was the clue? What was the outcome?
3. For homework: Present students with this scenario- Lucious Malfoy wasn't seen by
Harry that day at Knockturn Alley or Diagon Alley. Have students then write the outcome
of the story as it might have been without that foreshadowing.
4. Give the students a short list of other literary works, preferably ones that they have
read in class. What foreshadowing can be found in those works that mimics some of
those in Harry Potter? Give examples.

Objective
Reading is a vital skill. The objective of this lesson is to raise student awareness of the
necessity of reading well, and the use of popular fiction like Harry Potter in promoting
this skill.
Lesson
1. Discussion: Talk about the things that can and cannot be accomplished without
reading.
2. Define what kind of reading a person must be able to do in order to succeed in life. Is
there a place for novels such as Harry Potter in teaching reading? What about other
pieces of fiction? Ask students whether they would have elected to read Harry Potter on
their own.
3. Homework: Have students write a brief essay about their favorite piece of literature.
Challenge students to read something outside their normal reading choices.
4. Have students discuss the obvious drawbacks for a person that can't read. Have the
students pick a character in the book and give the differences that would have been
made had that person been unable to read. (They don't have to be illiterate. They can
be really nearsighted, have had a spell cast on them, be from a foreign country, etc.)

Objective
The tone that an author uses will influence the way a reader relates to it. The objective
of this lesson is to understand the importance the tone Rowling uses and compare it to
other literary works.
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Lesson
1. Open a classroom discussion. Ask students if the story is easy or difficult to read.
Have the students explain their opinions.
2. Most students already know the story of Harry Potter in some other version. Ask if
that knowledge makes the book easier to understand or more difficult and why they
think that.
3. Homework: Have students find another literary work that they believe to be similar in
tone to that of Harry Potter. Have them present a particular section in class and discuss
the similarities and differences in tone.
4. Put the students in groups. Have the students decide as a group what the tone is in
the story (formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic,
condescending, ext). Have the groups rewrite a short section in the story and use a
different tone.

Objective
Social interaction helps to explain a particular character's actions and reactions.

Students and teachers at Hogwarts are no exception. The objective of this lesson is to
study character interactions.
Lesson
1. Have students select a particular character in the school with whom they can identify.
Write an essay of the life of that character one year before his/her Chamber of Secret
appearance.
2. Open a discussion of the students and teachers. List all the ways they are typical of
this time period. List all the ways they are atypical. How do these facts impact the
direction of the story?
3. Homework: Compare teacher positions. List several teachers that are in the story and
the traits that are attributed to the teachers. What would be the real world equivalent of
that teacher? For example: Madam Hooch is the Quidditch teacher. She appears to be
what would be a modern gym teacher. Mr. Filch is the caretaker at Hogwarts. He is the
equivalent of a janitor.
4. Some characters in the story do not have large scenes even though they have
important roles in the story (i.e. Moaning Myrtle, Mr. Filch, etc.). Give ways the author
lets the reader know these lesser seen characters are important to the plot.
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Objective
The objective of this lesson is to help students understand that the perceptions of others
impact their own.
Lesson
1. For class discussion: Ask how many students saw the popular movie version of this
story. Be prepared with a cast of characters who filled the roles of each of the main
story characters. What impact does that movie version have on what they envision
when they read this story? Is it possible to put those characters aside and imagine the
main characters with other faces?
2. For homework: Challenge your own perceptions of what wizards and witches wear.
Why do most people envision wizards and witches in black capes and pointy hats? Is it
possible to think of some other clothing? List the reasons the pointy hats and capes are
necessary in some works?
3. For a class project: Have students use whatever medium they choose to create the
appearance of a modern day wizard. Computer images, a costume, a drawing or even a
sculpture would be acceptable. Have them write a scene in which their character in their
newly found garb interacts with others. Have groups, or the entire class, analyze the
results to determine what preconceived notions were evident in this "new" creation and
whether this "new" fashion is still effective.
4. Have the students list other literary work where there are characters that are dressed
in a certain way because of perceptions and tradition.

Objective
The objective of this lesson is to help students realize that writers have several ways
available to indicate the passage of time.
Lesson
1. Discussion: Ask students to offer an alternative way to explain that several days have
passed. Remind students that the options are basically limitless.
2. Class project: In movies, there are other ways to show the passage of time. For
example, Scenery often is shown changing quickly, or in frames of different seasons, or
the growth of a particular tree. A person may be walking down a street while they
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camera view changes. Divide students into groups of three or four and have them make
a movie depicting the passage of time in this scene.
3. Homework: Have the students pick a place in the book where there is not a time
amount explained from one point to the next. Have them describe why they believe it to
be a short period of time, and how much, and how the author would have changed the
description had it been more or less.
4. Write a short story about your own life or someone you know. Have a piece of time go
by and find different ways you could show the passage of time (it can be hour, day, year,
etc.). Which one do you pick over the others and why?

Objective
The Harry Potter books have been made into a series of movies. The objective of this
lesson is to look at different media styles used to portray a story and the different
methods used to convey the same scene.
Lesson
1. Discussion: The Chamber of Secrets differs from the movie in several ways. Have the
students discuss the differences and the reason these changes were most likely made.
Were they effective?
2. Writing one book would take less equipment than putting on a play or making a
movie. Have the students debate which is more entertaining and effective. Point out that
the imagination used when reading is often more effective than any equipment or movie
illusion.
3. Homework: Have the students pick a medium to rewrite a scene from The Chamber
of Secrets. They may either choose radio (tape or old radio programs), movie, cartoon,
theater, or any other they can think of. Have them explain in detail what would be used
for their medium that would not be used for others and why it would be effective.
Example: Radio would have sound effects and a narrator that a movie or theater would
not need. Cartoon would not require the computer effects that a movie would.
4. Often times people prefer watching a movie as opposed to reading a book or going to
a play. Give your personal opinion as to why this is true. Would the Harry Potter books
have been as popular had they not been made into movies?
5. List other literary works that have been made into movies. What are the similarities
and differences between those that have been made into movies and those that have
not?
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Objective
Harry hears the voice that no one else can hear. The author never tells us what the
characters' faces are showing, but readers still get a common idea from other phrases
and things the character is doing. The objective of this lesson is to understand that a
description of physical action or the reaction a character has can describe the feelings a
character is having.
Lesson
1. Discussion: Harry begins to follow the voice while Hermione and Ron freeze. Have
each member of the class explain what look was conveyed on Hermione and Ron as
they are with Harry. Do the descriptions differ greatly? What does the author use to
create this mental picture?
2. Have the students rewrite the scene where Harry hears the voice with Ron and
Hermione. Have them give greater detail to Ron and Hermione and what they are
actually feeling. Does this increase the overall effect or not?
3. Homework: Have the students pick a scene from a literary work where the use of
words conveys something that is not specifically stated by the author. Have the class
openly discuss these.
4. Ask the students to break into groups and provide a short list of phrases that are
commonly used in society to convey a feeling or thought. Explain why these work so
well. Example: "Well, I never." This has been used many times in movies and literary
works to convey a specific expression. The term "hair raising experience" is used to
describe fright or extreme uneasiness. It most likely comes from the fact that when a
person is scared, his/her body hair stands on end.

Objective
Nearly Headless Nick invites Harry to his Deathday party. The objective of this lesson is
to decipher the importance of the use of holidays, events, or rites of passage that are
unique to the author.
Lesson
1. Have the class discuss the significance of Nearly Headless Nick throwing a Deathday
Party in connection to the objects that decorate the room.
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2. Have the students split into small groups and plan a Deathday Party for someone that
has been dead for some time. The person can be fictional or real. Have them explain
the significance of the objects decorating the room and the others in attendance--the
more symbolism the better.
3. Homework: Have the students pick a literary work that uses a phrase to explain a
holiday or rite of passage that is particular to that work. Have the students explain their
picks.
4. Discussion: Put the students into groups and give them a specific group on which to
focus. It can be either ethnic, religious or other. Have them list holidays that are specific
to that group and why. (Germany- Unity Day. Treaty signed between the two Germany's
after the fall of the Berlin wall. Jewish-Yom Kipper. Day designed to bring Jewish people
closer to God.)

Objective
The message that is found by the cat is written on the wall and the reader finds that it
cannot be scrubbed clean. The objective of this lesson is to look closely at the
symbolism used.
Lesson
1. Discussion: What, if any, is the importance of the message being written on the wall
and the fact that it cannot be easily removed?
2. Have the students take a look at the words that are written on the wall. Could other
words have been used more effectively? Explain.
3. Homework: The story takes place at a magical school where the author could have
used any desired method to have displayed the message. Have the students either (a)
explain why the foot-high letters on the wall were the most effective, or (b) give a
second method of delivery that would have been as effective. Be sure to explain why
the changes were made and how it helped.
4. Describe the differences in literal symbols and abstract symbols. Find examples of
both. (The Bald Eagle is an abstract symbol used for the United States. White Whale is
a whale(literal) but is used to signify evil in Moby Dick.)
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Objective
The objective of this lesson is to test students' awareness of literary tools.
Lesson
1. Have students list: An example of alliteration; an example of a metaphor; an example

of foreshadowing; a theme; a point at which a thematic climax occurs; and a point at
which a dramatic climax occurs.
2. Discuss the importance of the thoughts and worries of which only Harry is aware..
Discuss different ways that the author can convey these unspoken ideas. How could
they be conveyed if the story were put into a play?
3. Homework: Have students list other literary tools used in this work and give an
example.
4. There are aspects of literary works that the reader will have to identify regardless of
what literary tools are being identified, i.e. plot, conflict, character interaction, etc. Have
the students give examples of how changing only one of these in the story may change
the entire story. Openly discuss.

Objective
Mudblood and Squib are words that are used as prejudicial slurs although the
characters never mention things such as race or creed. The object of this lesson is to
consider word usage and to understand that language is constantly evolving.
Lesson
1. Break students into groups of three or four. Have them create a list of reasons
language changes. Compare the lists.
2. Present students with a series of pictures from a magazine. Include well-known

people, food, animals, places and any other image that might spark the imagination.
Show the pictures, one at a time, and have students write down a single word or phrase
explaining the contents of the picture. The fact that some will recognize a particular
movie star or singer while others do not is an example of the way people bring their own
experiences into a situation. Compare that with how people talk to make the point that
words and language evolve as people grow and share knowledge.
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3. For homework: Have students look into their own heritage. How many can claim a
background that they don't claim now? Example: Is your great-great grandmother Native
American although you are Caucasian? Note that almost all ethnic groups have, at
some point, been tagged with racially biased nicknames.
4. Have students speculate on the future of demeaning names, for example, people are
racially integrating more so racial slurs will be less. Religions are becoming more
diverse and some are more violent and so will be targeted more with degrading names.

Objective
The objective of this lesson is to raise awareness regarding the use of descriptive words
and phrases to explain moments in a literary work or characters.
Lesson
1. Have students close their eyes for a full minute. Call for quiet but realize that
complete silence isn't likely. Then give students ten minutes to write descriptions of
everything they heard, smelled and felt during that moment of silence.
2. Ask students what particular scene has stood out for its descriptive value. What is it
about that particular scene that has captured and held attention? What kinds of
descriptive words were used?
3. Homework: Although Harry Potter is made for a younger audience, it still contains
images that might be frightening or would have been several years ago. Have students
debate the need for "shock value" in the descriptions of modern-day writers and movie
makers. Are readers and viewers becoming accustomed to violence to the point that
writers are forced to write with deeper violence?
4. Have the students pick an author they are familiar with that has done more than one
work. What consistences do they notice about that author's choice of words and
phrases. For example, Steven King uses excruciating detail to describe everything that
a character sees and feels.

Objective
Each of the characters in the book has his/her quirks and unique attitudes. The
objective of this lesson is to identify the need and value of creating individualized
characters.
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Lesson
1. Ron, Hermione and Harry are the three characters that the reader sees the most.
Describe their differences and likenesses. How would the story have differed if they had
been more alike?
2. Discussion: Are the characters Rowling portrays larger than life or could they be
people you might meet in real life as far as characteristics go? Explain and give
examples.
3. Homework: Select a small scene in the story and then pick a character that is "larger
than life" and put him/her in the place of one of the characters in the story and explain
why. For example, replace Severus Snape with Captain Hook. Both are proud and have
a dislike for most children. replace Hermione with Lucy from Peanuts. Both girls profess
to be book smart and give advice whether it is asked for or not (good grief). Replace
Hagrid with the Big Friendly Giant from Roald Dahl's book. They are both massive in
stature but very kind.
4. Discuss why it is so important that each character has quirks and uniqueness.
Explain your answers giving other literary works to defend your answers.

Objective
In the dueling club, the reader sees several different people paired up that are
opposites. The objective of this lesson is to look at compare and contrast as a method
of description.
Lesson
1. List the differences between Snape and Lockhart. List the differences between Harry
Potter and Draco Malfoy. Explain any significance in the fact that these groups are
paired up at the dueling match.
2. Discussion: Discuss the similarities and differences between Snape and Draco as
well as between Harry and Lockhart. Do you believe that the author creates a clearer
line between these sets of characters after having them interact in the duel? Explain.
3. Homework: Pick other literary works that show the differences in the characters by
having them pair up rather than listing their characters differences. Are both methods
effective?
4. Have the students explain a time that they were paired up with someone they were
"opposite" to in character, i.e. Thanksgiving table, work project, basketball team. Give
moments in life and literary works where this is helpful as apposed to a detriment.
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Objective
The phoenix is a bird that Dumbledore has and later in the story it will come to Harry's
aid in the chamber. Look at the significance of this mythical creature.
Lesson
1. Name other characters in mythology and real life that have a significance similar to
the phoenix.
2. Discussion: Does the use of a mythical flaming bird go smoothly with the story or
does it conflict with the rest of the story? Explain. What could the bird signify for
Dumbledore and for Harry?
3. Homework: Find a literary work that holds a creature or object that has the same
effect as the phoenix. Explain your choice
4. Although the phoenix is not, often mythical creatures are made up of more than one
animal such as the minotaur (man and bull) or the mermaid (fish and woman). Give
reasons why an author would pair up creatures together in a literary work. Create your
own mythical creature and explain its attributes.

Objective
The password to the Slytherin House is "pure-blood." The objective here is to think
about the underlying meaning of each phrase the author uses.
Lesson
1. List the various possibilities that the word "pure-blood" was used for in the Slytherin
house. What is the author's purpose in using this word as the password for the Slytherin
house?
2. Discussion: What phrases in the book are unique to The Chamber of Secrets that
hold hints to solving the Chamber of Secrets' mystery? Explain.
3. Homework: Given what the reader knows about the Slytherin house, what other
passwords would have been effective? Do you think the author could have given a
better word? Do you feel that this phrase was too obvious? Explain your answers.
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4. In the real world "pure-blood" is often used to signify an animal that has had lineage
of a desired line (such as dogs or horses). When used in this context the word does not
have a derogatory meaning. Does this meaning increase the authors meaning? Explain.

Objective
The way a story is presented is an important tool used by writers to engage the reader.
The objective of this lesson is to heighten awareness of ways authors engage the
reader.
Lesson
1. Have students write brief explanations of the way this author encourages action,
reaction and interest among readers.
2. Ask students for their preferences: to listen to a lecture or to engage in exercises that
teach the objectives. Have students defend their preferences.
3. Homework: Have students consider the story Riddle shows to Harry. What is it about
being in the story that was engaging? Since, in this moment, Riddle was an author,
discuss the importance of Harry's limited view while he was seeing Tom Riddle's
images.
4. Split into large groups and have the students look at Rowling's books compared to
other authors' stylea of writing. What main differences can be found between the ways
used to engage the reader? The authors can be ones that have been read in class or
authors that are well known.

Objective
What is the significance in the choice of Hermione as a victim?
Lesson
1. Discuss how the story would have differed if Hermione had not been petrified?
2. What impact does it have on the other characters in the book that Hermione became
a victim? How does this affect their actions?
3. Homework: Would it have been as effective to have had Ron petrified? Explain.
Given the relationships between the main characters, why did the author choose her?
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Can you find any other works that have the same situation reflected? Example: In the
Matrix, Trinity dies leaving Neo to go alone without her. Trinity had been the brains of
the operations much like Hermione had been. This leaves Neo to figure things out on
his own.
4. Sometimes authors will choose to have their main character killed at the end of the
book. Occasionally this is sacrifice so that evil can be stopped, when other times it is a
moment to cause full reflection. Speculate on the purpose of Hermione's petrification.
Would it have been the same if Ron had been petrified?

Objective
Writers use "dialog tags" such as "he said" or "she exclaimed." The object of this lesson
is to encourage students to become more aware of the use of dialog tags.
Lesson
1. Have students identify dialog tags in the story, The Chamber of Secrets. How would
dialog tags have changed had the story been written in a narrator-dialog form?
2. Open a class discussion to create a list of alternatives other than "said" as a dialog
tag. Ask students whether words such as "exclaimed" or "cried" evoke a greater
emotional response. Is it possible that dialog can be intimated without using any words
at all? Ask for examples.
3. For homework: Have students write a story that uses dialog tags.
4. Have the students take a piece of the story that uses descriptive dialog tags (i.e. she
exclaimed, he cried, ext). Have them rewrite the piece as if it were a play. Note that
there will have to be description of action and emotion. example: "Dumbledore's been
driven out by the mere memory of me!" he hissed.
Tom Riddle: Dumbledore's been driven out by the mere memory of me! (Tom seems to
hiss these words in the same parsel tongue that would call forth the basilisk)

Objective
It is impossible for an author to write a book and not bring some aspect of his/her life
into the work. The object of this lesson will be to look at the impression each author has
on his/her own work.
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Lesson
1. Discussion. Think of other works that are similar to Harry Potter. What might have
prompted the idea for the story and characters? What do you know about the author
that is similar to the characters?
2. Clip a series of large, colorful photos from magazines. Show the images to students
and then give them a few minutes to create a setting and a premise for a fictional story
prompted by the images. Note that even when you give students the same pictures the
story will vary greatly.
3. Homework: Have students write a short play of their own. Have them include a few
sentences at the end outlining the inspiration.
4. Look at other literary works that were influenced greatly by the author even if they
were not about the author himself, for example, J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.
Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, had a nautical background.

Objective
Tom Riddle tries to use Ginny Weasley as a sacrificial lamb so that through her death
he might live. Take a closer look at Ginny Weasley and her role in the story.
Lesson
1. Have the class look at the words that Tom said to Harry explaining how he used
Ginny. Tom says that he was able to start pouring his soul back into her. Discuss the
role that Ginny played to both Tom and Harry. If it had been a character Harry didn't
know what would have been different?
2. Have the students split up and discuss Ginny's blame in the situation. What could she
have done differently? Was she totally innocent or did she have some small measure of
control? Debate one group for one against.
3. Homework: Take a closer look at Ginny and what made her a victim of Tom Riddle.
Take another character from Hogwarts and place him/her in her position. Explain how
things would have gone differently.
4. What other literary works use a character, such as Ginny, to draw the main
character? Explain why the use of a character that has a seemingly lesser role works so
well.
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Objective
The story ends with Harry and the others walking back through the gate to the Muggle
world. Take a closer look at the way the story ended.
Lesson
1. Have the class list things in the story that were not neatly explained. For example,
what happened to Gilderoy Lockhart? What did the school do about the Chamber of
Secrets? What happened when Harry got back home? Explain if these things added to
the story or detracted.
2. Take one of the things that was left open by the author and write a conclusion to it.
Try to keep the author's tone and method intact.
3. Homework: What are reasons for keeping the story endings open? Find a literary
work that mirrors the ending of The Chamber of Secrets and explain how they are
similar and how they differ.
4. There are other stories that end with the character entering back into his/her own
world, i.e. Chronicles of Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz. What is the
significance of having the story end at this point and not continuing farther on to let the
reader see what has resulted from the experiences? Is this an effective tool the author
uses?
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Fun Activities
Crossword
Go online and find a program to create your own crossword using words and characters
from The Chamber of Secretes. Example: Muggle- people with no magical powers;
Basilisk- monster living in the Chamber of Secrets.
Lunch Menu
There are many interesting things in the wizarding world. Make out a school lunch menu
for Hogwarts. It can be either for a day or week. Be creative and descriptive. Be sure to
give warnings, side effects, and ingredients or pictures where necessary.
Brochure for Hogwarts

There may be many wizarding schools. Create a brochure that will give features unique
to Hogwarts that would entice underage wizards to attend. List some of the past
prominent students, possible future careers, and other exciting wizarding opportunities.
Map
Hogwarts has extensive grounds and the castle itself can be confusing. Create a map
that gives details for new students, and old, since there is much to see in the school.
Summer Vacation Essay

Pick Hermione, Ron, or Harry. As that character give an essay as to what you did over
the summer. Be sure to explain how the things you did are relative to your life in the
wizarding world.
Costume
Dress up as one of the teachers from the book. There were details given about the
teachers that were unique to them such as Snapes' greasy black hair and Sprout's dirty
fingernails.
Play
Hermione has developed a lisp but continues doing spells. Write a short play explaining
the trouble she gets into with Ron and Harry and how it effects their relationship.
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Diorama
Get a shoe box, or other container, and create a scene from the book. Be creative with
the portions that show the magic that is in use. Example: Put tin foil on the end of a
wand that is in use. Have the ghosts on a small stick protruding from the floor to give
the illusion of floating.
Ginny's explanation
Ginny got interrupted when she was trying to talk to Harry and Ron. Recreate that
scene without Percy interrupting. Would she have told about Percy's girlfriend or have
told about the diary?
Diary entry
Ginny can't remember what's going on according to Tom Riddle. She isn't even sure it is
her that is causing all the trouble although she suspects something is going on. Write a
diary page as if you are Ginny and trying to explain one of the attacks that you don't
remember but think you might have some connection to.
Headless Games
Nearly Headless Nick was refused entry to the Headless Hunt because he can't
participate in the games which require full decapitation. Come up with a list of games
that would require your head to be severed with details as to how they are played.
Include fowls and rules.
Polyjuice Mistake
Hermione takes on the characteristics of a cat when she adds the wrong hair to her part
of the potion. Give a drawing or detailed description of what would happen if other
animal particles had been added instead of a cat. You can add more than one but be
sure to incorporate it.
Hedwig
Hedwig is a bystander for the events that happen taking little part in the actual story. Tell
the story from an owl's point of view. Remember that while Hedwig doesn't take a big
part in the story she does deliver letters and want to do things such as fly.
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Dobby the House Elf
Dobby has his freedom thanks to Harry Potter. Write an advertisement for Dobby's new
career or charitable organization that he has set up and runs.
Muggle Interview
The Evening Prophet gave several different lists of Muggles that saw the flying car that
Ron and Harry took to Hogwarts. Take the role of either the reporter or the Muggle and
give an account of what was seen.
Dobby the House Elf

Dobby is an interesting character. He wants so badly to save Harry Potter that he is
willing to try and hurt him to send him home. Take the view of Dobby and tell the story of
how you helped Harry Potter. Remember to take on the specific traits to Dobby, such as
his willingness to cry and the way he speaks about himself in third person.
Dark Arts Artifacts

Lucius Malfoy supposedly has many things in his house that are Dark Art Artifacts.
Make a Dark Art item that Lucius Malfoy would want to keep hidden. Explain its history
and powers.
Gilderoy Lockhart
Professor Lockhart never recovered his memory. Take on his persona and explain your
situation, as far as you know it, to someone you have just met (which as far as you
know is everyone).
Mrs. Mason
Mrs. Mason is the guest at the Dursley house and is terrified of birds. Give the story
behind her intense fear of feathered flying animals or the story of what she tells
happened the night she was in the Dursley house.
Mr. Filch
Mr. Filch has a drawer in his office that is filled with items confiscated from George and
Fred. Give a list of some of the items in the drawers that belong to the twins and what
they were doing with them at the time they were taken.
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Essay Topics
Essay Topic 1
The Chamber of Secrets had been opened only fifty years ago. Many of the people at
Hogwarts, such as the ghosts and teachers, were around at that time.
Part 1-Describe why they were so quick to dismiss the fact that the chamber was a myth
and didn't exist.
Part 2-How would things have been different if the Chamber of Secrets had been taken
as a more serious threat in the beginning?
Essay Topic 2
Ginny had been acting oddly from the beginning of the story due to the fact that she has
feelings for Harry.
Part 1-How would the story have been different if she hadn't had feelings for Harry?
Part 2-Would someone have noticed sooner that she was acting strangely because of
the diary if she had not been preoccupied with Harry?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Gilderoy Lockhart's effect on the other teachers at the school.
Part 1-Had Lockhart not been there, would Harry and Ron have gone into the Chamber
by themselves?
Part 2-What would have been different in the story if Lockhart had not been there?
Remember that Lockhart suggested the dueling club and was the cause of other
situations.
Essay Topic 4
Lucius Malfoy is very hard on his son. He openly rebukes him for not being smarter than
Hermione, a Mudblood, but then buys him new equipment to ensure he is put on the
Slytherin Quidditch team.
Part 1-Explain their relationship.
Part 2-Do you think that Draco could do anything to fully make his father proud?
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Essay Topic 5
Hagrid was expelled from the school but not imprisoned.
Part 1-Explain why Hagrid refused to tell anyone about Aragog.
Part 2-Why does Hagrid continually find large pets to take care of?
Part 3-What would have changed if Hagrid had explained about Aragog fifty years ago?
Essay Topic 6
The Defence Against the Dark Arts position is said to be jinxed.
How would the story had differed if Snape had had the Dark Arts position?
What would have happened in potions class if Lockhart had been the teacher?
Given Snape's attitude and disposition do you think he would have made a good Dark
Arts teacher? Explain.
Essay Topic 7
Moaning Myrtle is obsessed with death. She seems to enjoy sitting and thinking about it.
Part 1- Do you believe that she is happy being a ghost? Explain.
Part 2- Had Moaning Myrtle not chosen to stay in the bathroom where she was killed,
would Harry and Ron have had any clue about where the entrance to the chamber was?
Part 3- Myrtle says that she still has feelings. Do you think that she has feelings or that
she is simply sad all the time? Explain.
Essay Topic 8
There are things in the book that point strongly in the direction of the Chamber of
Secrets and the monster that lies within--Ginny and her odd behavior, the voice that
only Harry can hear, and Moaning Myrtle. Take away one of these and explain how it
would have changed the rest of the story and what it added to have it included.
Essay Topic 9
Dumbledore says in the story that it is not a question of who opened the chamber but
how. Later when Harry saves Ginny, Dumbledore doesn't seem surprised by the fact
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that it was Tom Riddle. Dumbledore also was said to have kept a close eye on Tom
Riddle while he was in school. Given the information, did Dumbledore know that it was
Tom Riddle that was responsible? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 10
The Dursleys treat Harry very foul and give him nothing more than a toothpick for
Christmas. Explain why they don't let Harry stay with the Weasleys and why they would
rather have him locked in his room than to be at Ron's house.
How would the story have been different if Harry had been appreciated a little more at
home?
Essay Topic 11
Explain Dobby's frame of mind that tore him between loyalty to his family and a desire to
help Harry Potter. Which do you feel was stronger? Explain.
Essay Topic 12
Harry had more than one opportunity to explain to Dumbledore about the voice that he
was hearing that no one else seemed to hear. Was Harry right in keeping this to
himself? Could he have told Dumbledore? Explain.
Essay Topic 13
Describe the significance of Hermione being called a Mudblood before the attacks
began. Would it have had the same impact if it had been explained later in the book?
Why?
Essay Topic 14
Hermione puts her schooling in danger by mixing the Polyjuice Potion. Explain the
reason she was so willing to get into trouble making the potion. Is it possible that part of
the reason she was willing to make the potion was because of the thrill of breaking the
rules or to get revenge on Draco for calling her a Mudblood? Explain.
Essay Topic 15
Take a close look at the Durlseys and the Weasleys as a family entity. What are the
differences? What are the similarities? Explain
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Essay Topic 16
Quidditch seems to be an important part of Hogwarts life. Explain the role that it plays
as a symbol in the book and why it is important to Harry and to what his character is.
Essay Topic 17
The Weasley children are all very different. Explain the importance of the differences
between Percey, Ginny, Ron, and the twins George and Fred. Did each of these
characters play an important role on Harry in the book? Explain.
Essay Topic 18
When the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years earlier there was a Muggle killed.
At that point in time it was just Tom Riddle controlling the Basilisk. Do you think that it is
possible that part of the reason that no one was killed is that Ginny was able to some
very small extent to keep Tom Riddle under control while he worked through her?
Explain.
Essay Topic 19
The phoenix appears after Harry proclaims his devotion to Dumbledore in the Chamber
of Secrets. What does the phoenix symbolize in the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 20
The main character in the story is Harry with Ron and Hermione always close by him in
some regard. Describe the differences between the characters and their likenesses.
Look at their characteristics and their backgrounds and explain why they work so
effectively with each other.
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1. Describe Harry's feelings for Hogwarts, his school, as compared to the Dursley house
where he lives with his aunt and uncle from what is detailed in Chapter One.
2. Give one word that explains Vernon Dursley's reaction when Harry says "magic" in
Chapter One. Explain why you have given this word.
3. Describe the difference between the treatment that Harry and Dudley receive from
Petunia and Vernon Dursley as outlined in Chapter One.
4. In Chapter One there is something worrying Harry regarding Hogwarts. What is it?
5. Describe Dobby the House Elf's character when he arrives in Chapter Two.
6. From what Dobby tells Harry in Chapter Two there is danger waiting at Hogwarts
although he does not explain to Harry what that danger is. Do you think that Dobby
could have told Harry anything that would have kept him from leaving the Durlseys and
returning to Hogwarts? Explain.
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7. Explain why Vernon Dursley is so excited to receive the letter from the Improper Use
of Magic Office after Dobby breaks Petunia's pudding dessert in Chapter Two.
8. In Chapter Two Harry has a dream that he is in locked in a cage. Explain how the
dream explains his situation and his feelings.
9. Describe Fred and George and their appearance in Chapter Three.
10. Describe the reaction Vernon has when he realizes that Harry is escaping with Ron
and his brothers. Do you think his reaction is odd? Why or why not.
11. Describe the Weasley house.
12. Describe Ginny Weasley.
13. Describe Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
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14. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held in
Gringotts in London.
15. What does Harry see while he is hiding in the Borgin and Burkes Shop on Knockturn
Alley.
16. Describe Gilderoy Lockhart.
17. Describe the Ford Anglia that Mr. Weasley has enchanted and how it drives in
Chapter Five when Ron drives it to Hogwarts.
18. Describe Serverous Snape and the description that Ron and Harry give him in
Chapter Five.
19. What are the things that Professor Snape tells Ron and Harry they are in trouble for
doing?
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20. What is the reaction that Harry and Ron receive from the other students in the
Gryffindor House when they enter it after leaving Professor McGonagall's office in
Chapter Five?
21. What are some of the effects of the Howler letter that Ron's mother sends him in
Chapter Six?
22. In Chapter Five what does Gilderoy Lockhart say is the cause for Harry flying the
car to school?
23. Describe the type of student that Hermione is from the description given in Chapter
Six.
24. Describe what happens in Gilderoy Lockhart's first class in Chapter Six. What does
this reveal about his character?
25. Explain the relationship between Collin Creevey and Harry Potter as seen in
Chapter Seven.
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26. Draco Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood in Chapter Seven. Given the reaction to
what is said, explain the significance of the term and what its description would be.
27. McGonagall finds Harry and Ron and tells them what their detention punishment will
be. Harry will help Lockhart sign his fan mail and Ron will polish trophies without using
magic. Are these detentions appropriate for them? Why or why not?
28. Explain Harry's reaction when he hears the voice in Chapter Seven while serving
detention.
29. Describe Mr. Filch from the description given when he takes Harry into his office in
Chapter Eight. Why does he let Harry go without punishment?
30. Describe the Deathday party for Nearly Headless Nick.
31. What is the reaction from those that find the petrified cat and the message on the
wall stating that the heir of Slytherin has returned?
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32. What is confusing to Harry when he hears the voice in the hall before they find the
petrified cat?
33. What is Filch's reaction when he finds Mrs. Norris, his cat, petrified?
34. Why does Harry not tell the professors about the voice he hears?
35. What does Professor Binns tell the students about the Chamber of Secrets?
36. Who do Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to think would be a possibility for the Heir
Slytherin in Chapter Nine and why?
37. Explain how Hermione, Ron and Harry get Lockhart to sign a permission form for
them to retrieve a book from the restricted section of the library.
38. What are the pros and cons of the Polyjuice Potion that Hermione, Ron and Harry
intend to brew?
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39. What does Dobby reveal to Harry when he comes to see him in the hospital wing in
Chapter Ten?
40. What does Harry hear while lying in the hospital wing when Dumbledore brings in a
petrified Collin Creevey?
41. Why does Hermione volunteer to sneak into Professor Snape's storeroom?
42. How does Harry distract Snape while Hermione retrieves the needed ingredients?
43. What happens when Draco Malfoy produces a snake during dueling class in
Chapter Eleven?
44. What are the students saying about Harry after they find he can speak to snakes
like Salazar Slytherin?
45. What happens to the phoenix in Dumbledore's office while Harry is waiting on
Dumbledore in Chapter Twelve?
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46. What does Dumbledore tell Harry while in his office in Chapter Twelve?
47. What are some of the presents Harry gets for Christmas?
48. What goes wrong with Hermione's portion of the Polyjuice Potion?
49. In Chapter Thirteen why has Moaning Myrtle flooded the bathroom and been
crying?
50. How does Gilderoy Lockhart plan to boost the school moral in Chapter Thirteen?
51. Who are the two people removed from the school in Chapter Fourteen? What
happens to them?
52. What happens to Hermione in Chapter Fourteen?
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53. What do Harry and Ron find when they follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest?
54. What does Aragog tell Harry and Ron about the creature from the Chamber of
Secrets?
55. What do Harry and Ron find in Hermione's hand when they go to visit her in the
hospital wing in chapter Sixteen?
56. What do Harry and Ron overhear the teachers talking about in Chapter Sixteen
regarding the Chamber of Secrets?
57. When Harry gets to the Chamber of Secrets in Chapter Seventeen what does Tom
Riddle tell him?
58. What happens when Harry tells Tom Riddle that Dumbledore is the greatest wizard
that ever lived and that people will always be faithful to Dumbledore.
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59. What happens when Harry gives Lucius Malfoy the diary that belonged to Tom
Riddle?
60. What does Dumbledore tell Harry regarding his likeness to Voldemort?
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Short Essay Questions Key
1. Describe Harry's feelings for Hogwarts, his school, as compared to the Dursley
house where he lives with his aunt and uncle from what is detailed in Chapter
One.
Harry feels as if he is known and liked at Hogwarts where people knew his mother and
father and cared for them and care for him as well. He is treated like an outcast in his
own home at the Dursleys. Most children want to come home to escape school but
Harry has the opposite feelings. Harry has strict rules when at home but has much more
freedom when he gets to school. Harry even explains that his stomach aches because
he misses the school so much.
2. Give one word that explains Vernon Dursley's reaction when Harry says
"magic" in Chapter One. Explain why you have given this word.
Irrational. Vernon Dursley does not take into consideration the fact that the word is not
referring to the practice of magic. Any mention of it and he becomes angry and yells
loudly. Since the word is used he even accuses Harry of threatening Dudley just
because he says the word. The reader sees that even his physical appearance shows
the signs of his reaction since his temples begins to throb and he jumps up out of his
chair.
3. Describe the difference between the treatment that Harry and Dudley receive
from Petunia and Vernon Dursley as outlined in Chapter One.
Dudley is the perfect son to the Dursleys. They tell Harry that he is abnormal and an
embarrassment. Dudley is permitted to taunt Harry and tease him without
repercussions. If Harry threatens Dudley or teases him back the Durlsey's take it as a
death threat and punish Harry very harshly. In addition, Dudley is described as being fat
but his mother feeds him great amounts of food while Harry is given chores and a piece
of cheese and bread for his supper.
4. In Chapter One there is something worrying Harry regarding Hogwarts. What is

it?
Harry is concerned because he has not received any mail from any of his friends. He
had expected to hear from at least Ron and Hermione but throughout the summer Harry
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has not received one letter from either of them. Since he is in the Dursley's house
without a friend he has become concerned that maybe he does not have any at
Hogwarts either.
5. Describe Dobby the House Elf's character when he arrives in Chapter Two.
Dobby wears a piece of clothing that looks more like an old ugly pillow case than actual
clothing. He appears to have been treated badly and treats himself badly if he feels that
he might do something that would be against the family that owns him. Dobby appears
to want to help Harry Potter but is torn between the family that he serves, even though
they are not good people, and helping Harry. Dobby seems to be of low intelligence and
he tries to help Harry without revealing too much about the wizarding family involved in
the conspiracy. Since he tries to hold so much information secret and reveal at the
same time Dobby often seems to give riddles and vague warnings.
6. From what Dobby tells Harry in Chapter Two there is danger waiting at
Hogwarts although he does not explain to Harry what that danger is. Do you think
that Dobby could have told Harry anything that would have kept him from leaving
the Durlseys and returning to Hogwarts? Explain.
No. Harry desperately wants to get away from the Dursleys. Although Harry realizes that
Lord Voldemort is dangerous, Harry cannot think of anything worse than remaining with
the Dursleys and away from Hogwarts. Harry also believes that very little can happen
that would be very bad if Dumbledore remains the Headmaster of Hogwarts.
7. Explain why Vernon Dursley is so excited to receive the letter from the
Improper Use of Magic Office after Dobby breaks Petunia's pudding dessert in
Chapter Two.
Vernon Dursley does not realize that Harry is not allowed to use magic outside of the
school. Vernon has kept a strict line on Harry but believes that Harry has some power
that he is able to use. When he finds that Harry is unable to retaliate magically, Vernon
bars the windows on Harry's room and locks him inside. Vernon and Petunia allow Harry
out to use the restroom but for no other reason.
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8. In Chapter Two Harry has a dream that he is in locked in a cage. Explain how
the dream explains his situation and his feelings.
He is locked in a cage in his dream and he is locked in his room in real life. Harry has a
sign on his cage that says "Underage Wizard." While Harry seems to enjoy the thought
of being a wizard, he also realizes that this is the same thing that keeps him in some
trouble. If he were not a wizard, things might be different, and when he is a wizard, he
seems to realize things will be different, but being an underage wizard keeps him
between the two. Dobby appears in his dream and refuses to help Harry because he
says that Harry is safe in the cage. Harry realizes that he might be safe from what is
happening at Hogwarts but it is little comfort to him and at this point in time he cannot
see anything being any worse than where he is.
Fred and George are Ron's older brothers. Fred and George are twins and are capable
of magic but have taken the time to learn tricks that Muggles, non magic people, use
such as picking locks. They appear to be very crafty and enjoy a good joke. They are
able to get Harry's school items out of the locked hallway closet and free Harry's owl,
Hedwig, from her cage into which Vernon has locked her.
10. Describe the reaction Vernon has when he realizes that Harry is escaping with
Ron and his brothers. Do you think his reaction is odd? Why or why not.
Vernon is upset that Harry is getting away. He tries to stop Harry from escaping but is
unable. It seems odd that he does not want Harry to go since the Dursleys appear to
dislike him so much and have had him locked up in his room. Although the Dursleys
dislike Harry, it is possible that Vernon does not want Harry to leave because he wants
to continue to punish him.
11. Describe the Weasley house.
The Weasleys are a large family and all the members are magical. Two of their sons are
grown and have left home but there are still four boys and a girl named Ginny, the
youngest. The house is filled with magical items such as a clock that tells you what you
should be doing and the dishes clean themselves. It is a poor family but they care for
each other and make Harry feel very much at home.
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12. Describe Ginny Weasley.
Ginny has red hair like the rest of the Weasleys. She is the youngest in the house and
appears to be rather quiet but Ron lets Harry know that she talks about Harry
constantly. Ron tells Harry that she is not really shy at all but she does not talk much
around Harry and peers at him from behind doors and leaves the room whenever he is
present.
13. Describe Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.
Mr. Weasley is very interested in all things Muggle and constantly asks Harry about
different things that they use or do. Mr. Weasley asks to sit next to Harry at the table so
that they can engage in such conversations. Mrs. Weasley is very stern, unlike her
husband, but constantly worries that the kids might be hungry or that someone needs a
sweater or a fresh pair of socks. They do not have much money and worry some about
it but the lack of money seems to be a side thought.
14. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held
in Gringotts in London.
He seems unsure of how to mention it. He knows that the Weasleys do not have much
money and so he does not want to mention the fact that he has some. He also has not
mentioned it to the Dursleys because he knows that while they hate him, they probably
would not hate his money. Harry seems to avoid thinking or speaking about it to anyone.
15. What does Harry see while he is hiding in the Borgin and Burkes Shop on
Knockturn Alley.
Harry sees Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy come into the shop to sell some items that
Lucius Malfoy does not want to be found with if the ministry does raids. Lucius tells the
owner of the shop that these are the last items he has that are dark items. When Lucius
Malfoy leaves, the man that owns the store states that he knows that Lucius Malfoy has
many more items pertaining to the dark arts.
Gilderoy Lockhart loves to have his picture taken and be the center of attention. He
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wants attention and takes advantage of the situation at hand to get it. He poses for
pictures with Harry Potter at his book signing and then announces that he will be the
new teacher at Hogwarts for the Defense Against the Dark Arts. He takes a lot of time
on his appearance and all of his books have him on the front cover. Most of the people
in line to get his books are women.
The car has been enchanted by Mr. Weasley so that it flies and also magically has more
room inside it than it appears. The car is old and the mechanism that makes it invisible
continually goes on and off while Ron and Harry are flying it. The car does not quite
make it to Hogwarts before it crashes. The enchantment put on the car seems to have
made it almost alive and it ejects Ron and Harry after the ordeal is over and runs away
of its own will.
18. Describe Serverous Snape and the description that Ron and Harry give him in
Chapter Five.
Snape is described as a teacher that is only nice to the students that are in Slytherin
House. He is mean spirited and enjoys it when Harry and his friends are in trouble. He
wants the Defense Against the Dark Arts job but has not been able to get it. He is the
potions teacher and is thin with black hair.
19. What are the things that Professor Snape tells Ron and Harry they are in
trouble for doing?
Ron and Harry are in trouble for using the magical car. There are several different
sightings of the car due to the fact that the invisibility cloak does not always work. The
Evening Prophet newspaper has the story of the sightings by Muggles. Snape also
explains that the tree that they crash into is no ordinary tree but a Whomping Willow.
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Hermione is upset with them as is Ron's older brother Percy. With the exception of
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these two, the rest of the Gryffindor House is very excited that they fly a car to school.
There are students telling them that no one has ever done such a thing before and they
cannot believe that Harry and Ron have not been expelled. Ron's brothers, George and
Fred, ask why they could not fly in the car also as if it were a big joke. Harry and Ron go
to bed quickly to avoid Percy's lecture as well as Hermione's, but go to sleep very happy
with the reaction that they have received from the other students.
21. What are some of the effects of the Howler letter that Ron's mother sends him
in Chapter Six?
The letter screams loudly at Ron in front of everyone which causes further
embarrassment. The Howler letter has to be opened immediately so Ron has no choice
but to open it in front of the whole room. In the letter Mrs. Weasley explains that Mr.
Weasley is going through an inquiry at work because of the car and this causes Harry
some grief because the Weasleys have been so good to him. The good part of the
Howler arriving is that Hermione seems to forgive Ron after he is put through the public
embarrassment and begins acting more civil to them.
22. In Chapter Five what does Gilderoy Lockhart say is the cause for Harry flying
the car to school?
He believes the reason is because Harry wants more publicity. He tells Harry that he
blames himself for giving Harry that first taste of fame and that he knows that Harry just
wants his face in the paper again. He tells Harry that when he was a boy that he was
even "more of a nobody" than Harry is and that this will all change if Harry just gives it
time. He does not give Harry a chance to explain what has happened or the reasons for
flying the car.
23. Describe the type of student that Hermione is from the description given in
Chapter Six.
Hermione is the first one to have her hand in the air to answer a question. She enjoys
class and studies very hard. Her answers are thorough and correct. Ron and Harry
have a difficult time transforming their beetles into buttons but Hermione is able to
transform a handful of them. Hermione has a very strong opinion of wrong and right.
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24. Describe what happens in Gilderoy Lockhart's first class in Chapter Six. What
does this reveal about his character?
In his first class he begins to explain about all his great accomplishments. After a short
period of time he loses a cage of Cornish pixies. Lockhart is unable to control the little
animals and leaves the room and Hermione is the one that is able to cast a charm on
them to stop them from wreaking havoc. Gilderoy Lockhart shows in this piece that he
may very well be as incompetent as he appears. He boasts about his abilities but is
unable to do anything to prove them despite his books. Ron states out loud that the only
proof that anyone has that he did any of the things he said he did is the fact that he
wrote about it in books.
25. Explain the relationship between Collin Creevey and Harry Potter as seen in
Chapter Seven.
Collin follows Harry most everywhere he goes if Collin is able. Harry gets up early for
Quidditch practice and Collin is already up looking for Harry and follows him. Collin
appears to have hero worship in reference to Harry. Harry is polite to Collin but is
exasperated by the fact that he is followed so persistently.
26. Draco Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood in Chapter Seven. Given the reaction
to what is said, explain the significance of the term and what its description
would be.
Mudblood is a prejudice term used to insult a person. The term refers to the fact that if
you have Muggle blood in your family, then your blood is tainted and not pure. Hence
the term "mud" for the dirty state of your blood. It is more than a mild offense and is
taken very seriously by those that hear it. It is a word that is used by those that feel that
pure blood makes them better but all others refuse to use the term because it has such
a derogatory meaning.
27. McGonagall finds Harry and Ron and tells them what their detention
punishment will be. Harry will help Lockhart sign his fan mail and Ron will polish
trophies without using magic. Are these detentions appropriate for them? Why or
why not?
Yes, because Ron hates to do anything like cleaning without the use of magic. He
knows that he will be kept all night without the aid of his wand to speed things. Harry
really dislikes Lockhart and Lockhart seems to have focused on Harry because it
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increases Lockhart's own popularity. For both of the boys there is little else that could
have been better suited as a punishment. Both of them feel as if they have the worst
end of the deal.
28. Explain Harry's reaction when he hears the voice in Chapter Seven while
serving detention.
Harry is concerned and confused. The voice had been talking about killing people and
ripping people. While this is worrisome to Harry, he appears just as concerned by the
fact that Lockhart cannot hear the voice. He and Ron run through a list of why it could
have only been heard by him but come up with no answers.
29. Describe Mr. Filch from the description given when he takes Harry into his
office in Chapter Eight. Why does he let Harry go without punishment?
Mr. Filch is the caretaker at Hogwarts. He has a cat named Mrs. Norris. Mr. Filch does
not like students and tries to punish Harry for tracking mud into the castle after Harry
comes in out of the rain. The thing that most likely got Harry out of any trouble is that
Harry finds a piece of Filch's mail that Filch would have been embarrassed for anyone
else to see. He most likely lets Harry go so that no one will find out about his letter.
30. Describe the Deathday party for Nearly Headless Nick.
The room is very cold and filled with floating apparitions. When Harry arrives, he finds
the food there is rotten and moldy. Nearly Headless Nick gives Harry some things to say
to another ghost that Nearly Headless Nick wants to impress. Harry and Ron are
introduced to Moaning Myrtle.
31. What is the reaction from those that find the petrified cat and the message on
the wall stating that the heir of Slytherin has returned?
Everyone is completely quiet and stops to look at the message. Ron has tried to get
Harry to hurry up and leave so that they will not be the ones found at the scene but they
are unable to leave before others arrive. Draco Malfoy is loud and openly happy about
the fact that the Muggles in the school are in danger.
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32. What is confusing to Harry when he hears the voice in the hall before they find
the petrified cat?
The voice moves and Harry cannot determine the source of the voice. He tries to figure
out if the voice is coming from a phantom or a ghost. He realizes that whatever is
making the voice is moving through the ceilings and walls and he knows that it would
take more than being invisible to travel this way.
33. What is Filch's reaction when he finds Mrs. Norris, his cat, petrified?
Mr. Filch is grieving over his cat but is sure that Harry did it. He tells Harry that if Harry
killed his cat, he will kill Harry. Dumbledore looks the cat over and announces that the
cat has not been killed, but only petrified, and that Harry does not have the skills to
perform such magic. Mr. Filch then explains that Harry sees his mail and that he is a
Squib. Harry does not know what a Squib is but it is explained that a Squib is the
opposite of a Mudblood. A Squib is a person that has magic parents but cannot perform
magic.
He is concerned as to what it may mean. His friends back him up telling him that even
when you are a wizard, it is not good to hear voices you cannot explain. The voice has
been heard by Harry twice but he refuses to tell Dumbledore about the voice.
Professor Binns is focused on facts and he tells the students that he believes the whole
thing to be a tale of pure fiction. He explains about the wizards that started the
Hogwarts school including Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin believed that magical teaching
should stay in magical families and he told the students that because of this he made a
secret chamber with a beast in it although there has been a search and no chamber is
found. The monster in the chamber is supposed to be something that only the heir of
Slytherin can control although no one knows what it is.
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36. Who do Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to think would be a possibility for the
Heir Slytherin in Chapter Nine and why?
Draco Malfoy is who they think might either be the heir or know who the heir is. Draco's
father hates all Muggles and Draco does too. Harry has seen Lucius and Draco at
Knockturn Alley selling dark magic items. Ron believes that they might have handed
things down generation-to-generation that would allow them to open the chamber.
37. Explain how Hermione, Ron and Harry get Lockhart to sign a permission form
for them to retrieve a book from the restricted section of the library.
Lockhart is very self absorbed and Hermione tells him that she wants to do background
research on one of his books so that she can better understand how he defeated one of
his nemeses. Lockhart does not even look at what book it is and does not ask why she
needs that particular book. Harry had been doing all the things that Lockhart asked him
even though Harry does not want to do them.
38. What are the pros and cons of the Polyjuice Potion that Hermione, Ron and
Harry intend to brew?
The down side to the potion is that it will take a month to brew and they will be breaking
several school rules in making it. They will have to make it in Moaning Myrtle's
bathroom to ensure privacy. The potion will require a bit of whoever they intend to turn
into which makes Ron uneasy and many of the ingredients will have to be stolen from
Professor Snape's closet. The positive side of making the Polyjiuce Potion is that it will
give them an answer as to whether it is Draco Malfoy committing the attacks and, if not,
they believe he may know who is behind it.
39. What does Dobby reveal to Harry when he comes to see him in the hospital
wing in Chapter Ten?
Dobby reveals that he is the one that closed the gate to Platform Nine and Three
Quarters when Ron and Harry were trying to catch the train. Dobby is also the one that
makes the bludger go after Harry that almost kills him. Dobby also tells Harry the reason
that he wears the nasty looking pillowcase is because if he is ever given a piece of
clothing he would be freed from his slavery. He also reveals to Harry that the Chamber
of Secrets has been opened before although he does not tell Harry when it happened.
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40. What does Harry hear while lying in the hospital wing when Dumbledore
brings in a petrified Collin Creevey?
Dumbledore admits that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened again. Harry also
hears that they tried to open Collin's camera to see if he got a picture of his attacker but
the camera film produced smoke and was destroyed. Dumbledore says the question is
not who has opened the Chamber of Secrets but how they have opened it, and Harry
realizes that Professor McGonagall does not have any more answers than Harry does.
41. Why does Hermione volunteer to sneak into Professor Snape's storeroom?
They need ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion that are not available to students.
Hermione explains that she has not been in any trouble but that both Ron and Harry
cannot get caught doing anything else. She tells them that if they keep Snape busy she
will sneak in and retrieve the items they need.
42. How does Harry distract Snape while Hermione retrieves the needed
ingredients?
He sets off one of George and Fred's Filibuster fireworks. When the fireworks goes off,
it lands in Goyle's cauldron of brewing potion and a large amount lands on Draco
Malfoy. The potion stinks, and when it lands on Malfoy, he begins to swell up like a
balloon. Snape is busy trying to calm people and fix the problem when Hermione
sneaks past him.
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Harry does not realize it but he is able to speak snake language. It is the language that
Slytherin had used and this language ability convinces people that Harry is his long lost
heir. Harry tells the snake not to attack a boy there but no one can understand him and
they all think he is encouraging the snake to attack.
44. What are the students saying about Harry after they find he can speak to
snakes like Salazar Slytherin?
Many of the students are saying that Harry is a relative of Salazar Slytherin. Some of
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the students are talking about the fact that the reason that Voldemort goes after Harry is
because he is afraid Harry will be as strong a wizard as he is and do not want another
dark wizard for competition. Harry tries to convince some that it is not true but they are
too scared of him to even talk to him.
The bird looks sickly, makes a gagging noise, and after a moment, bursts into flames.
46. What does Dumbledore tell Harry while in his office in Chapter Twelve?
Dumbledore tells Harry that he knows that Harry is not responsible for the attacks. He
asks Harry if there is something he would like to tell Dumbledore but Harry refuses to
tell him about the voice that he hears.
The Dursleys send Harry a toothpick with a note asking if he can stay at the school over
summer vacation and Mrs. Weasley sends Harry a sweater and a plum cake. Ron gets
Harry a book about Quidditch.
It transforms her into part cat and gives her fur and a tail. Hermione must have gotten
cat hair instead of the Slytherin girl's hair to put into the potion and the potion is not for
animal transformations.
crying?
Someone drops a book into her head. She tells Harry and Ron that she is thinking about
death and someone threw a book through her head.
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50. How does Gilderoy Lockhart plan to boost the school moral in Chapter
Thirteen?
Gilderoy Lockhart decorates with a Valentine's theme with pink flowers decorating the
walls of the Great Hall. Lockhart also commissions dwarfs to deliver Valentines to the
students.
happens to them?
Hagrid and Dumbledore are removed from the school on the same night. Hagrid is
taken away to Azkaban prison and Dumbledore is forced to take a suspension.
She goes to the library telling Ron and Harry she is going to look for something. She is
found petrified a short time later holding a mirror along with another girl.
53. What do Harry and Ron find when they follow the spiders into the Forbidden
Forest?
There is a giant spider living in the forest named Aragog. Aragog was raised by Hagrid
and is the reason that Haggrid was expelled when he was younger.
54. What does Aragog tell Harry and Ron about the creature from the Chamber of
Secrets?
Aragog says that the creature is feared above all else by spiders and that they cannot
speak its name. Aragog also tells them that Hagrid is not the one that loosed the
monster the first time but took the blame to keep Aragog safe.
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55. What do Harry and Ron find in Hermione's hand when they go to visit her in
the hospital wing in chapter Sixteen?
Harry and Ron fine a piece of paper describing a Basilisk. Hermione also writes the
word "pipes" on the paper to explain what the creature in the chamber is and how it gets
around.
56. What do Harry and Ron overhear the teachers talking about in Chapter
Sixteen regarding the Chamber of Secrets?
Ginny Weasley has been kidnapped and there is a note on the wall saying that she will
lie dead in the chamber forever. Professor McGonagall says that the school will have to
be closed and they volunteer Lockhart to go after the monster and save the girl.
57. When Harry gets to the Chamber of Secrets in Chapter Seventeen what does
Tom Riddle tell him?
Tom says that Ginny is not dead but soon will be and that he is Lord Voldemort. He tells
Harry he had to meet him because he wanted to know how he escaped the most
powerful wizard that ever lived. Tom has been attacking the Muggles in the school but
Harry has become his new target.
58. What happens when Harry tells Tom Riddle that Dumbledore is the greatest
wizard that ever lived and that people will always be faithful to Dumbledore.
Dumbeldore's phoenix arrives carrying the sorting hat and drops the hat at Harry's feet.
Harry puts the hat on and the Gryffindor sword appears out of the hat. The phoenix
attacks the Basilisk for Harry plucking out its eyes and then heals Harry's wounds.
59. What happens when Harry gives Lucius Malfoy the diary that belonged to Tom
Riddle?
Lucius throws it at his servant Dobby and when Dobby opens the book, there is a sock
in it and he is allowed his freedom. Lucius tries to attack Harry but Dobby protects him.
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Harry most likely got some of Voldemorts traits when he attacked Harry unknown to
Voldemort. The difference between the two of them is the choices they make.
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Multiple Choice
Chapter 1
1. What does Uncle Vernon do with Harry's items from Hogwarts when Harry gets
home for the holidays?
(a) Throws them away
(b) Puts them in a chest in the attic
(c) Locks them away under the stairs in the cupboard
(d) Burns them
2. What does Uncle Vernon's company make?

(a) Writing Utensils
(b) Drills
(c) Knives
(d) Tires
3. Where is Dudley told he will be when the Masons arrive for dinner?
(a) Outside so they will know where to park
(b) The living room with their drinks.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) The door to take coats
4. Where is Harry told to be when the Masons arrive?

(a) In his room pretending he does not exist
(b) In the attic sleeping
(c) In the backyard mowing
(d) At the neighbors house
5. What does Uncle Vernon say the Masons know about Harry?
(a) More than Vernon wanted to tell
(b) Absolutely nothing
(c) Very little
(d) Everything magic
6. How many letters has Harry received from his friends over the holidays?
(a) None
(b) Several
(c) A Few
(d) Too many to count
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7. What does Harry see in the bushes that catches his attention?
(a) A Fairy
(b) A Wolf
(c) A Singing Frog
(d) Two Eyes
8. Why does Aunt Petunia put Harry to work with the threat of no food until he is
done?
(a) He ate a piece of pie early.
(b) He pretended to cast a spell on Dudley.
(c) He was flying his broom in the house.
(d) He yelled at Dudley.
9. What is wrong with Harry's owl?

(a) It is hungry.
(b) It hates Dudley.
(c) It ate a sickly cat.
(d) It wants out of its cage.
10. What is Harry given to eat before the Masons arrive?

(a) Moldy bread and a glass of water
(b) Leftovers
(c) Two pieces of bread and a lump of cheese
(d) A peanut butter and jelly sandwich
11. What does Harry find wrong with his bed when he gets to his room?
(a) The bed is broken.
(b) His owl tipped his cage onto it.
(c) It hasn't been made.
(d) Someone is sitting on it.
12. What does Dudley say to Harry that makes him the most upset?
(a) That his mother and father were losers.
(b) That magic is stupid and Harry is too.
(c) That his owl is going to be cooked for dinner.
(d) That he does not have any friends.
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Chapter 2
13. What kind of elf is Dobby?
(a) Cupboard Elf
(b) The Best Elf
(c) Shoe Elf
(d) House Elf
14. What does Harry ask Dobby that causes Dobby to cry?
(a) To leave quietly
(b) To give him some money.
(c) To explain why he is there
(d) To sit down
15. How long does Dobby say he must serve his wizarding family?
(a) Two hundred years
(b) Until he decides to quit
(c) Forever
(d) Two years
16. What does Dobby say he will have to do later as punishment to himself for
coming to see Harry?
(a) Slap himself with a whip
(b) Shut his ears in the oven door
(c) Eat candy till he pukes
(d) Drop something heavy on his foot
17. Why does Dobby tell Harry he has come to talk to him?
(a) To yell at him
(b) To talk to him
(c) To warn him
(d) To spit on him
18. What does Dobby tell Harry he must not do?

(a) Go back to Hogwarts
(b) Stand on one foot with his finger in his ear.
(c) Stop his magic learning.
(d) Leave the Dursley house.
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19. What does Harry do with Dobby when Uncle Vernon comes into the room to
tell Harry to be quiet?
(a) Throws him out the window
(b) Throws him under the bed
(c) Puts a magic spell on him
(d) Puts him in the closet
20. What does Dobby pull out of his clothing that belongs to Harry?
(a) Letters from his friends
(b) His favorite dance videos
(c) Pictures of his parents
(d) Books
21. What does Dobby do that gets Harry in trouble with his Uncle Vernon?
(a) Puts live bugs on the dinner dishes
(b) Puts a magic spell on the stove
(c) Drops Aunt Petunia's pudding dessert
(d) Sets the house of fire
22. What comes into the house that terrifies the Masons?
(a) A dog
(b) An owl
(c) A rabid wolf
(d) A cat
23. What does the letter say that is delivered after Dobby drops the pudding?
(a) The pudding commision is going to sue him.
(b) The house elf has been stolen.
(c) That since magic came from his house, Harry is expelled from school.
(d) That he must return to school at once.
24. Who shows up outside Harry's window after Harry has been locked in his
room?
(a) Dobby
(b) Hermione
(c) Ron Weasley
(d) Dumbledore
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Chapter 3
25. What allows Ron to be level with Harry's window?
(a) A magic carpet
(b) A dragon
(c) A ladder
(d) A flying car
26. Who else is in the car with Ron?

(a) Hermione
(b) Ron's mother
(c) Dumbledore
(d) George and Fred
27. How do Fred and George get to Harry's magic items that have been locked up
in the cupboard?
(a) Threaten Mr. Dursley
(b) Magic spell
(c) Pick the lock
(d) Knock the door down
28. Why does Harry tell Fred and George to look out for the bottom stair step?
(a) It has a trip wire.
(b) It is slippery.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It creaks.
29. What important item does Harry almost forget until it makes noise?
(a) Hedwig
(b) An enchanted spell book
(c) His gameboy
(d) His phone
30. What does Harry yell to Uncle Vernon and the others as he and the Weasleys
drive away?
(a) See ya later, suckers.
(b) Don't worry I'll be fine.
(c) Thanks for the good time.
(d) See you next summer.
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31. What do Fred and George tell Harry about a House Elf's power?
(a) They draw from their masters for their powers.
(b) Very powerful but they have to have permission to use it
(c) It leaves an awful stink.
(d) Very powerful but hard to control
32. Who does Harry think of first when they are naming people that might play a
trick on Harry?
(a) Severus Snape
(b) Tom Riddle
(c) Neville Longbottom
(d) Draco Malfoy
33. What do the boys say about a family that would be able to own a House Elf?
(a) It would be rich.
(b) It would be lazy.
(c) It would be unkind.
(d) It would be evil.
34. What lives in their attic according to Ron?

(a) A psycho
(b) A fairy
(c) A leprechaun
(d) A ghoul
35. Whose fault does Ron originally think it might be when Harry does not answer
any letters?
(a) Hedwig
(b) Dudley
(c) Uncle Vernon
(d) Errol's
36. Where is Ron's father that he does not know the boys took the car?
(a) At a magical conference
(b) Hunting gnomes
(c) Working
(d) Sleeping in a boat.
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37. What does the mirror in the kitchen at the Weasley house tell Harry to do?
(a) Do a dance
(b) Wash his face
(c) Comb his hair
(d) Tuck in his shirt
38. Who sent the letter that Errol has?

(a) Hermione
(b) Dursleys
(c) Ministry of Magic
(d) Dumbledore
39. What does Hermione tell Ron she has been very busy with over the summer?
(a) Helping her mother
(b) School work
(c) Perfecting spells
(d) Summer job
40. What does Ron's brother Charlie do?

(a) Sleeps a lot
(b) Disects sea monsters in Chin
(c) Studies the yeti in Asia
(d) Studies dragons in Romania
41. How do they travel to Diagon Alley to get school supplies?

(a) Broom
(b) Floo Powder
(c) Giant Sloths
(d) Magic Car
42. What happens that causes Harry to mispronounce Diagon Alley?

(a) He sneezes from the powder.
(b) He coughs after geting hot ash in his mouth.
(c) He gets nervous and stutters.
(d) He remembers his socks do not match.
43. Who does Harry see in the shop where he is accidentally transported?
(a) Tom Riddle
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Hagrid
(d) Mr. Weasley
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44. What does Harry break when he travels by Floo powder?
(a) His wand
(b) His nose
(c) His feelings
(d) His glasses
45. Once out of the strange shop, who does Harry find that helps him to Diagon
Alley?
(a) Mr. Weasley
(b) Severas Snape
(c) Hagrid
(d) Dumbledore
46. What does Hagrid say he is looking for in Knockturn Alley?

(a) Snake Skin Repellent
(b) New Dancing Shoes
(c) Maddening Wasp Repellent
(d) Flesh-Eatin' Slug Repellent
47. Whose books do they get for school?

(a) Tom Riddle
(b) Dumbledore
(c) Gilderoy Lockhart
(d) Sigmund Freud
48. What is Gilderoy Lockhart doing at the bookshop?

(a) Signing books
(b) Giving interviews
(c) Teaching classes
(d) Advertising his new book
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49. What does Ginny almost leave at the house that they have to go back and
get?
(a) Her Wand
(b) Her Gym Shoes
(c) Her School Books
(d) Her Diary
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50. What does Mr. Weasley install on the car in case they want to fly it?
(a) A painting on the underside of the car to look like a cloud.
(b) Extra Seatbelts
(c) Wings
(d) Invisibility Booster
51. What happens when Ron and Harry try to get to Platform Nine and Three-
Quarters?
(a) They end up in a different city.
(b) They get on the wrong train.
(c) They dissapear into another dimension.
(d) They crash into the wall.
52. How do Harry and Ron get to Hogwarts?

(a) In the magical flying car.
(b) A taxi cab
(c) Brooms
(d) A giant bird
53. What is the first thing the car begins to do that worries Harry and Ron?
(a) Turns upside down
(b) Falls to the ground
(c) Shudders and shakes
(d) Makes a whining noise
54. While the car is beginning to fall to earth, Ron lets go of the wheel to get
____________ out of his back pocket.
(a) A magic jelly bean
(b) His flying dust
(c) His magic wand
(d) His cell phone
55. What happens to Ron's wand in the crash?

(a) It starts to glow
(b) It breaks into two pieces
(c) It gets lost
(d) It turns into a snake
56. What attacks the car after it has crashed?

(a) Several angry owls
(b) The tree into which it crashed
(c) A giant spider
(d) A flock of birds
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57. Who is standing behind Ron and Harry while they look in the window at the
Hogwarts sorting ceremonies?
(a) Professor Dumbledore
(b) Mr. Dursley
(c) Hagrid
(d) Professor Snape
58. The story in the issue of the Evening Prophet that Professor Snape shows
Harry and Ron is about ________________________.
(a) Ron and Harry running into the wall at the train station
(b) Ron and Harry flying the magic car
(c) Harry using magic at the Dursley house
(d) Dobby the house elf marries big foot
59. What does Professor McGonagall tell the boys they should have done instead
of drive the car?
(a) Take a cab
(b) Send an owl
(c) Sat and waited on someone
(d) Done a magic gypsy dance
60. Who arrives and tells Ron and Harry the password to enter Gryffindor Tower?
(a) Lee Jordan
(b) Neville Longbottom
(c) Hermione
(d) Professor Snape
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61. What does Ron get during breakfast from his mother?
(a) A lashing package
(b) A list of things to do as punishment for taking the car
(c) An ugly shirt
(d) A Howler letter
62. What does the letter Ron receives from his mother do after it is done
screaming at him?
(a) Begins to bite people
(b) Disappears
(c) Bursts into flames
(d) Rips itself into pieces
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63. At what has Gilderoy Lockhart claimed he is better than Professor Sprout?
(a) Doctoring the Whomping Willow
(b) Weeding the magical plants
(c) Growing fairy clover
(d) Doing the Two-Step
64. Why does Gilderoy Lockhart think that Harry flew the car to Hogwarts?
(a) Publicity
(b) Girls he wanted to impress
(c) Thrill seekers
(d) Because of a fear of trains
65. Why is the Mandrake considered dangerous?

(a) Its cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.
(b) Anyone who looks at it long enough becomes entranced.
(c) It smells bad enough to cause convulsions.
(d) Its bite will cause death in moments.
66. What are Harry and Ron supposed to be turning their beetles into in
Transfiguration class?
(a) Candy
(b) Napkins
(c) Buttons
(d) Tap dancing beetles
67. What has Hermione drawn on her schedule next to Gilderoy Lockhart's
lessons?
(a) Diamonds
(b) Hearts
(c) Lockharts smiling face
(d) Fireworks
68. Why does Colin Creevey say that he wants to take Harry's picture?
(a) To prove that he has met Harry
(b) For the school year book
(c) For Quidditch posters
(d) So he can have something to laugh at
69. Who poses for the picture with Harry for Colin Creevey?
(a) Hermione
(b) Gilderoy Lockhart
(c) Hagrid
(d) Mr. Malfoy
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70. What does Ron say, to tease Harry, that Ginny Weasley and Colin Creevey
might start?
(a) A musical group called "Tribute to Harry Potter"
(b) Convulsions
(c) Harry Potter fan club
(d) Harry Potter theme song
71. What does Gilderoy Lockhart let go in the class room and leave the students
to catch?
(a) Enchanted spiders
(b) Garden gnomes
(c) Cornish pixies
(d) Puppies
72. Who freezes the pixies with a charm?

(a) Professor Snape
(b) Hermione
(c) Ron
(d) Harry
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73. Why does Oliver Wood wake Harry up at daybreak on Saturday?
(a) Yoga
(b) Quidditch practice
(c) Practicing spells
(d) Sneaking into snapes office
74. Who tags along with Harry to Quidditch practice even though Harry tries to
get him/her not to do it?
(a) Hermione
(b) Colin Creevey
(c) Ron
(d) George and Fred
75. Why does the Slytherin team get special permission from Professor Snape to
practice?
(a) To train their new Seeker
(b) Because they have flying exams later
(c) Because Professor Snape does not like the Gryffindor team
(d) To have an equal advantage when they play
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76. Who is the new Seeker on the Slytherin team?
(a) Crabbe
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Marcus Flint
(d) Goyle
77. What does Draco Malfoy call Hermione?

(a) Mud Blood
(b) Magic hack
(c) Ron's girlfriend
(d) Snot licker
78. What comes out of Ron's mouth after his curse towards Draco Malfoy
misfires?
(a) Rotten fruit
(b) Singing frogs
(c) Slugs
(d) Mice
79. Who does Harry and Hermione take Ron to see when he curses himself?
(a) Dumbledore
(b) Hagrid
(d) Draco Malfoy
80. Who is visiting Hagrid when Harry and Hermione get Ron to his house?
(a) Gilderoy Lockhart
(b) Professor McGonagle
(c) Mr. Weasley
(d) Dumbledore
81. Why is Hagrid not allowed to use magic?

(a) He cannot control his power.
(b) He was involved in an accident involving students.
(c) He was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year.
(d) He was cursed by a dragon wizard.
82. What does Harry have to do for his detention punishment?

(a) Help Professor Sprout with the Mandrakes
(b) Sign fan mail for Gilderoy Lockhart
(c) Polish the silver with Mr. Filch
(d) Help Hagrid with his pumkins
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83. What does the voice NOT say that Harry hears when he is signing photos for
Gilderoy Lockhart?
(a) Let me kill you
(b) Fear me
(c) Come to me
(d) Let me tear you
84. How long does Lockhart say that they have been signing fan mail when he
lets Harry leave?
(a) Half the night
(b) Six hours
(c) Half and hour
(d) Four hours
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85. What club has refused to admit Nearly Headless Nick?
(a) The Dead Mans writting club
(b) Executioner's Block Club
(c) The Headless Hunt
(d) Hat Haters united
86. Whose office is Harry brought to for tracking mud into the castle?
(a) Professor Sprout
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Aunt Petunia
(d) Argus Filch
87. What letter does Harry find on the desk of Argus Filch?
(a) How to be a people person
(b) Cat club
(c) Magic Cleaning Supplier
(d) Kwickspell
88. Who helps Harry get out of trouble with Argus Filch?
(a) Nearly Headless Nick
(b) Dumbledore
(c) Uncle Vernon
(d) Ron and Hermione
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89. What does Nearly Headless Nick ask Harry to do as a favor?
(a) Show up at his Deathday party
(b) See if he can find a spell to remove the last part of his head
(c) Find him a date
(d) Speak with the leaders of the Headless Hunt
90. To what do Fred and George feed a Filibuster firework?

(a) Salamander
(b) Horse
(c) A teacher
(d) Turtle
91. Hermione does not want to talk to ____________ at Nick's Deathday party.
(b) Moaning Myrtle
(c) The Bloody Baron
(d) Elvis
92. Who calls Myrtle over to Hermione?

(a) Peeves the Poltergeist
(b) The Fat Friar
(c) Nearly Headless Nick
(d) The Bloody Baron
93. Where does Myrtle live?

(a) The girls' toilet
(b) An empty teachers room
(c) The discotech
(d) The woods
94. Who do Harry, Ron and Hermione find petrified when they follow the voice that
Harry hears?
(a) Mrs. Norris, the cat
(b) Dumbledore's bird
(c) Hagrid's dog
(d) A spider
95. Who does the sign tell to "beware?"

(a) Enemies of the Heir
(b) Enemies of rythm
(c) Enemies of Lord Voldemort
(d) Enemies of pure bloods
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96. Who yells that the Mud Bloods will be next when he sees Mrs. Norris hanging
petrified?
(a) Goyle
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Crabbe
(d) Professor Snape
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97. What does Filch say that Harry knows that he is?
(a) A mud-blood
(b) A Squib
(c) A filthy man
(d) A muggle
98. What does Professor Snape suggest Harry should be restricted from until he
tells the truth about the cat?
(a) Spell casting
(b) Lunch
(c) Quidditch matches
(d) Afternoon activities
99. What does Ron tell Harry the definition of a Squib is?
(a) Wizarding parents that refused to let them learn magic
(b) Wizarding grandparents that have been forgotten
(c) Wizarding parents but who have no powers themselves
(d) Magical powers that cannot be released
100. Who does Hermione ask to tell them about the Chamber of Secrets?
(a) Dumbledore
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Professor Binns
(d) Professor McGonnagle
101. Which two schools were said to have had a serious argument about which
students to be let into Hogwarts?
(a) Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw
(b) Gryffindor and Hufflepuff
(c) Ravenclaw and Slytherin
(d) Slytherin and Gryffindor
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102. Who does Professor Binns say built the secret chamber in the school
according to legend?
(a) Salazar Slytherin
(b) Helga Hufflepuff
(c) Dumbledore
(d) Rowena Ravenclaw
103. Who does Professor Binns say will be able to open the chamber according to
the legend?
(a) Anyone magical
(b) A student of Slytherin
(c) The one true heir
(d) The one that knows the passwords
104. What do Ron, Hermione, and Harry find when they go back to the Hall where
Mrs. Norris had been petrified?
(a) Broomsticks
(b) Slugs
(c) Rats
(d) Spiders
105. What was turned into a spider that causes Ron to have a fear of them?
(a) His teddy bear
(b) His bike
(c) His birthday cake
(d) His underwear
106. Who catches Ron, Hermione and Harry coming out of the girls' bathroom
where Moaning Myrtle stays?
(a) Mr. Filch
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Ron and George
(d) Percy Weasley
107. Why does Hermione want to get the Moste Potente Potions book?
(a) Truth serum
(b) Polyjuice potion
(c) To keep the table from wobbling
(d) Future juice
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108. Who does Ron think knows about the Chamber of Secrets?
(a) Draco Malfoy
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Goyle
(d) Crabbe
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109. What teacher does Hermione get to sign the paper giving her permission to
go to the restricted section of the library?
(a) Professor Snape
(b) Mr. Filch
(d) Hagrid
110. Where do Hermione, Ron and Harry go to read the Moste Potente Potions
book?
(a) Back corner of the bathroom
(b) Moaning Myrtle's bathroom
(c) Quidditch training room
(d) Professor Snape's bedroom
111. How long does Hermione tell Ron and Harry it will be before they can have
the Polyjuice Potion ready?
(a) Two years
(b) A month
(c) A few days
(d) A couple of hours
112. What chases Harry at the Quidditch game and knocks him off his broom?
(a) One of Slytherin's players
(b) A Bludger
(c) A golden snitch
(d) A carpet salesman
113. Why does Draco Malfoy not see the Golden Snitch when it was by his ear?
(a) He is posing for the girls.
(b) He gets something in his eye.
(c) He is showing off for his father.
(d) He is laughing at Harry.
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114. What happens when Gilderoy Lockhart tries to fix Harry's broken arm?
(a) He changes it into an ice cream cone.
(b) He removes the bones.
(c) He detaches the arm.
(d) He switches which arm is broken.
115. What wakes Harry up while he is in the hospital wing?

(a) Dobby
(b) Ron sneaking in with pizza
(c) A terrible dream
(d) His arm hurting
116. What does Dobby tell Harry he gets five times a day at home?
(a) Beatings
(b) Spankings
(c) Death Threats
(d) His mouth washed out with soap
117. Dobby tells Harry that ________ sent the Bludger.

(a) Tom Riddle
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Dobby
(d) Draco Malfoy
118. What would happen to Dobby if his master gave him a single article of
clothing?
(a) He would have to wash it.
(b) He would be free to leave.
(c) He would have to wear it every day.
(d) He would have to give it to a magical fairy.
119. What is Colin Creevey holding in his hands when he is found petrified?
(a) A pair of slippers
(b) A looking glass
(c) His camera
(d) A glass of warm milk
120. What does Dumbledore say the petrified student proves?

(a) Someone in the school is trying to kill Muggle-born students.
(b) The Chamber of Secrets is real.
(c) The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again.
(d) There is no reason to worry.
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121. When Harry leaves the hospital, where does he find Hermione and Ron?
(a) Gryffindor tower
(b) Professor Snape's classroom
(c) Hagrid's house
(d) Moaning Myrtle's bathroom
122. What do George and Fred do to try and cheer up Ginny?

(a) Give her a flatulence spell
(b) Give her magical candy
(c) Put magic charms on her chairs
(d) Jump out at her with fur or boils
123. Who decides he/she would be best for stealing the needed potion
ingredients out of Snape's storeroom?
(a) Draco Malfoy
(b) Harry
(c) Hermione
(d) Ron
124. What does Harry have that provides a distraction in Snape's classroom?
(a) Lunar Moth
(b) Filibuster Firework
(c) Cornish Pixie
(d) Giant Spider
125. What happens when Goyle's potion hits Draco Malfoy in the face?
(a) His nose inflates.
(b) His hair falls out.
(c) His teeth turn green.
(d) His head explodes.
126. Who are the two professors that are teaching the Dueling Club?
(a) Dumbledore and Snape
(b) Lockhart and McGonagall
(c) Binns and Lockhart
(d) Snape and Lockhart
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127. Who does Harry get teamed up with during the dueling exercises?
(a) Hagrid
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Goyle
(d) Crabbe
128. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an
unfriendly spell?
(a) Drops his wand
(b) Produces a sneeze that tranforms a student into a cupcake
(c) Pauses to pose for a picture
(d) Trips over his own feet
129. What does Harry do when Draco Malfoy produces a snake in the duel?
(a) He speaks to it.
(b) He casts a spell on it.
(c) He dances with it.
(d) He picks it up calmly.
130. Why does Hermione say it's bad that Harry can talk to snakes?
(a) Because they are an evil animal
(b) Because it makes you look crazy
(c) Because Salazar Slytherin could talk to them
(d) Becuse Tom Riddle could talk to them
131. Who does Harry find petrified while on his way to get his books for
Transfiguration?
(a) Mr. Filch
(b) Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Hermione
132. What teacher takes Harry Potter to Dumbledore after he is found at the scene
of another attack?
(a) Professor Plum
(b) Professor Lockhart
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Professor McGonagall
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133. What happens to Dumbledore's pet bird while Harry is waiting on him?
(a) Lays an egg
(b) Tells Harry's future
(d) Flies out the window
134. What does Dumbledore tell Harry about the Phoenix's tears?
(a) They cause glimpses of the future.
(b) They are like acid.
(c) They give the gift of flight.
(d) They are healing.
135. What does Hedwig bring Harry from the Dursleys?

(a) Toothpick
(b) A new wand
(c) Comb
(d) Shoelaces
136. What does Hermione wake Harry and Ron up early to tell them?
(a) That Draco Malfoy has left for vacation.
(b) That she has a new pair of shoes.
(c) Someone else has been petrified.
(d) The Polyjuice Potion is ready.
137. What does Hermione give Ron and Harry that is intended to keep Crabbe and
Goyle away while they use the transformation potions?
(a) Apple cider with sleeping potion in them
(b) Tickets to a Quidditch game far away
(c) Chocolate cakes with sleeping potion in them
(d) Dentention slips for the night
138. What article of clothing do Ron and Harry take from Crabbe and Goyle?
(a) Shoes
(b) Sweaters from their grandmothers
(c) Pants
(d) Cloaks
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139. How long does the book say they will have before they turn back?
(a) A month
(b) One day
(c) One hour
(d) Twelve hours
140. What goes wrong when Hermione takes the Polyjuice Potion?
(a) She grows six extra arms.
(b) It does not affect her.
(c) She turns halfway into a cat.
(d) She turns into Professor Snape.
141. What is wrong when Harry and Ron ask a girl for directions to the Slytherin
common room while they are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
(a) She is not in Slytherin.
(b) She gives them bad directions.
(c) She realizes they are not Crabbe and Goyle.
(d) She does not speak English.the
142. Who is the first one to find Ron and Harry wandering in the halls while they
are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
(a) Aunt Petunia
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Percy Weasley
143. What is the password to enter the Slytherin Tower?

(a) Salazar
(b) Mud-blood
(c) Tom Marvalo Riddle
(d) Pure-blood
144. What is in the newspaper article that Draco's father sends him?
(a) Mr. Weasley being asked to resign because of the car incident
(b) Professor Dumbledore being fired
(c) Pure-blood wizard club
(d) Dobby the house elf is freed
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145. What does Hermione have under her pillow while she is in the hospital?
(a) A book about the secret chamber
(b) A fuzzy bunny from her favorite aunt
(c) A magic charm to protect her
(d) A get well card from Gilderoy Lockhart
146. Why is Moaning Myrtle crying?

(a) She hears a voice threatening her.
(b) Someone throws a book through her head.
(c) Someone comes in to laugh at her.
(d) She lives in a toliet.
147. What name is on the diary Ron and Harry find on the bathroom floor?
(a) Lord Voldemort
(b) T. M. Riddle
(c) Salazar Slitherin
(d) Dudley Dursley
148. What do Harry and Ron find when they open the diary?
(a) Dates of attacks on Muggles from fifty years ago
(b) Japanese Animation
(c) Moving drawings of Hogwarts and the Chamber of Secrets
(d) It is blank.
149. What happens when Harry writes on the diary?

(a) Tom Riddle writes him back.
(b) Pictures begin to appear.
(c) The words jump out of the book.
(d) Harry can hear the book talking to him.
150. Who does Tom Riddle tell Harry opened the chamber of secrets fifty years
ago?
(a) Professor Snape
(b) Professor Dumbledore
(c) Tom Riddle
(d) Hagrid
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151. What does Harry find has happened when he goes to his room?
(a) A French maid
(b) His school books have been taken
(c) Tom Riddle's diary is missing
(d) There is an enchantment that has been put on his things
152. What does Professor McGonagall say into the megaphone when she steps
out onto the Quidditch field?
(a) Professor Dumbledore is sick.
(b) That she has made a bet on the game.
(c) That the school is closing.
(d) The game has been canceled.
153. Who does Professor McGonagall take Harry and Ron to see?
(a) A petrified Tom Riddle
(b) A petrified Hagrid
(c) A petrified Dumbledore
(d) A petrified Hermione
154. What is found on the floor near Hermione's petrified body?

(a) A mirror
(b) A camera
(c) A puddle of water
(d) An autograph book
155. What does Hagrid say someone would need to follow to find answers?
(a) Spiders
(b) Yellow brick road
(c) Beetles
(d) Fang
156. What do Harry and Ron use to help them sneak out to visit Hagrid?
(a) Polyjuice potion
(b) Jedi mind tricks
(c) Invisibility cloak
(d) Floo powder
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157. Who does Draco Malfoy say should apply for Dumbledore's position as
school headmaster?
(a) Vernon Dursley
(b) Professor McGonagall
(c) Lucious Malfoy
(d) Professor Snape
158. When Harry sees some spiders walking in a straight line where does he
realize they are heading?
(a) The Forbidden Forest
(b) Moaning Myrtle's bathroom
(c) Quidditch field
(d) Hagrid's home
159. What captures Ron and Harry in the Forbidden Forest?

(a) A pack of werewolves
(b) A group of Centaurs
(c) Amazon women
(d) Giant talking spiders
160. What does the head spider, Aragog, tell Harry about the creature that comes
from the Chamber of Secrets?
(a) Spiders fear it.
(b) It is controlled by a student.
(c) It likes peanut butter.
(d) It is deadly.
161. What saves Harry and Ron from the spiders?

(a) Centaur
(b) Weasley's enchanted car
(c) Lucious Malfoy
(d) Professor Snape
162. Who does Harry decide might have been the victim of the creature from the
Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago?
(a) Tom Riddle
(b) Nearly Headless Nick
(c) Moaning Myrtle
(d) Peeves the Poulterguist
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163. What does Professor McGonagall tell the students that makes them happy?
(a) Dumbledore is coming back.
(b) Hagrid's spider has been killed.
(c) The Heir of Slytherin has been caught.
(d) The petrified students will soon be fixed.
164. Who starts to tell Harry and Ron something before they are interrupted by
Percy Weasley?
(a) Jordan Lee
(b) Neville Longbottom
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Ginny Weasley
165. What does Harry find in Hermione's hand?

(a) A clipping about a Basilisk
(b) A goodbye letter
(c) An exerpt about werewolves
(d) An essay on deadly spiders
166. Who has been taken into the Chamber of Secrets?

(a) Ginny Weasley
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Ron Weasley
(d) Hagrid
167. What do Harry and Ron find Lockhart doing when they go to give him
information about the Chamber of Secrets after Lockhart volunteered to enter the
chamber to get Ginny back?
(a) he has left
(b) curling his hair
(c) packing to leave
(d) signing autographs
168. What does Harry and Ron find in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?
(a) Ginny's lifeless body
(b) A lucky penny
(c) Snake skin
(d) The entrance to the secret chamber
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169. Who does Harry find in the secret chamber near Ginny's body?
(a) Professor Snape
(b) Tom Riddle
(c) Dudley Dursley
(d) Draco Malfoy
170. Why does Tom Riddle refuse to use his father's last name?
(a) His father abandoned him.
(b) He doesn't know who his father is.
(c) His father was a Muggle.
(d) His father was friendly with Dumbledore.
171. What does the phoenix, Fawkes, drop at Harry's feet in the Chamber of
Secrets that amuses Tom Riddle?
(a) The invisibility cloak
(b) The sorting hat
(c) A book
(d) A mirror
172. What does the phoenix do to the Basilisk?

(a) Plucks out his eyes
(b) Defecates on him
(c) Distracts him while Harry strikes
(d) Opesn wounds on his hide
173. What happens when Harry puts on the sorting hat and begs for help?
(a) A magic wand appears in the hat.
(b) A spell magically comes into Harry's thoughts.
(c) A sword appears in the hat.
(d) He hears Dumbledore's voice.
174. How does Harry destroy Tom Riddle's diary?

(a) Stabs it with the sword
(b) He burns it
(c) Punctures it with a Basilisk tooth
(d) The pheonix eats it
112
Chapter 18
175. What is it that Dumbledore says makes Harry and Lord Voldemort different?
(a) Their desires
(b) Their pasts
(c) Their choices
(d) Their powers
176. What does Dumbledore tell Harry to look closely at for proof that he belongs
in Gryffindor house?
(a) The pheonix
(b) His wand
(c) The scar on his head
(d) The sword from the sorting hat
177. Who enters the room before Harry leaves Dumbledore's office?
(a) Petunia Dursley and Dudley
(b) Lucious Malfoy and Dobby the House Elf
(c) Professor Lockhart and his magic trunk
(d) Professor Snape and Dobby the house elf
178. What does Harry put into the diary before he gives it back to Lucius Malfoy?
(a) A shoe lace
(b) A enchanted piece of paper
(c) A sock
(d) A howler letter
179. What happens when Lucius throws the diary at Dobby the House Elf?
(a) He gets the enchanted piece of paper and his powers grow.
(b) He gets the sock and is freed.
(c) He eats it.
(d) He enters the diary.
180. What does Ginny say she caught Percy doing that he told her to keep
secret?
(a) Taking early O.W.L. exams
(b) Looking at the teacher's books
(c) Playing wizards chess
(d) Kissing his girlfriend
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Multiple Choice Key
1. C 11. D 21. C 31. B 41. B 51. D
2. B 12. D 22. B 32. D 42. B 52. A
3. D 13. D 23. C 33. A 43. B 53. D
4. A 14. D 24. C 34. D 44. D 54. C
5. B 15. C 25. D 35. D 45. C 55. B
6. A 16. B 26. D 36. C 46. D 56. B
7. D 17. C 27. C 37. D 47. C 57. D
8. B 18. A 28. D 38. A 48. A 58. B
9. D 19. D 29. A 39. B 49. D 59. B
10. C 20. A 30. D 40. D 50. D 60. C
61. D 71. C 81. C 91. B 101. D 111. B

62. C 72. B 82. B 92. A 102. A 112. B
63. A 73. B 83. B 93. A 103. C 113. D
64. A 74. B 84. D 94. A 104. D 114. B
65. A 75. A 85. C 95. A 105. A 115. A
66. C 76. B 86. D 96. B 106. D 116. C
67. B 77. A 87. D 97. B 107. B 117. C
68. A 78. C 88. A 98. C 108. A 118. B
69. B 79. B 89. A 99. C 109. C 119. C
70. C 80. A 90. A 100. C 110. B 120. C
121. D 131. B 141. A 151. C 161. B 171. B

122. D 132. D 142. D 152. D 162. C 172. A
123. C 133. C 143. D 153. D 163. D 173. C
124. B 134. D 144. A 154. A 164. D 174. C
125. A 135. A 145. D 155. A 165. A 175. C
126. D 136. D 146. B 156. C 166. A 176. D
127. B 137. C 147. B 157. D 167. C 177. B
128. A 138. A 148. D 158. A 168. D 178. C
129. A 139. C 149. A 159. D 169. B 179. B
130. C 140. C 150. D 160. A 170. C 180. D
114
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Uncle Vernon do with Harry's items from Hogwarts when Harry gets home
for the holidays?
115
8. Why does Aunt Petunia put Harry to work with the threat of no food until he is done?
116
16. What does Dobby say he will have to do later as punishment to himself for coming
to see Harry?
19. What does Harry do with Dobby when Uncle Vernon comes into the room to tell
Harry to be quiet?
117
24. Who shows up outside Harry's window after Harry has been locked in his room?
27. How do Fred and George get to Harry's magic items that have been locked up in the
cupboard?
118
30. What does Harry yell to Uncle Vernon and the others as he and the Weasleys drive
away?
32. Who does Harry think of first when they are naming people that might play a trick on
Harry?
35. Whose fault does Ron originally think it might be when Harry does not answer any
letters?
119
120
45. Once out of the strange shop, who does Harry find that helps him to Diagon Alley?
49. What does Ginny almost leave at the house that they have to go back and get?
121
51. What happens when Ron and Harry try to get to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?
122
58. The story in the issue of the Evening Prophet that Professor Snape shows Harry
and Ron is about ________________________.
59. What does Professor McGonagall tell the boys they should have done instead of
drive the car?
62. What does the letter Ron receives from his mother do after it is done screaming at
him?
123
66. What are Harry and Ron supposed to be turning their beetles into in Transfiguration
class?
67. What has Hermione drawn on her schedule next to Gilderoy Lockhart's lessons?
70. What does Ron say, to tease Harry, that Ginny Weasley and Colin Creevey might
start?
124
71. What does Gilderoy Lockhart let go in the class room and leave the students to
catch?
74. Who tags along with Harry to Quidditch practice even though Harry tries to get
him/her not to do it?
practice?
125
78. What comes out of Ron's mouth after his curse towards Draco Malfoy misfires?
Gilderoy Lockhart?
84. How long does Lockhart say that they have been signing fan mail when he lets
Harry leave?
126
127
Harry hears?
petrified?
98. What does Professor Snape suggest Harry should be restricted from until he tells
the truth about the cat?
128
102. Who does Professor Binns say built the secret chamber in the school according to
legend?
103. Who does Professor Binns say will be able to open the chamber according to the
legend?
104. What do Ron, Hermione, and Harry find when they go back to the Hall where Mrs.
Norris had been petrified?
129
106. Who catches Ron, Hermione and Harry coming out of the girls' bathroom where
Moaning Myrtle stays?
109. What teacher does Hermione get to sign the paper giving her permission to go to
the restricted section of the library?
110. Where do Hermione, Ron and Harry go to read the Moste Potente Potions book?
111. How long does Hermione tell Ron and Harry it will be before they can have the
Polyjuice Potion ready?
130
118. What would happen to Dobby if his master gave him a single article of clothing?
131
123. Who decides he/she would be best for stealing the needed potion ingredients out
of Snape's storeroom?
132
128. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an unfriendly spell?
131. Who does Harry find petrified while on his way to get his books for Transfiguration?
132. What teacher takes Harry Potter to Dumbledore after he is found at the scene of
another attack?
133
134
142. Who is the first one to find Ron and Harry wandering in the halls while they are in
the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
135
150. Who does Tom Riddle tell Harry opened the chamber of secrets fifty years ago?
152. What does Professor McGonagall say into the megaphone when she steps out
onto the Quidditch field?
136
157. Who does Draco Malfoy say should apply for Dumbledore's position as school
headmaster?
158. When Harry sees some spiders walking in a straight line where does he realize
they are heading?
160. What does the head spider, Aragog, tell Harry about the creature that comes from
the Chamber of Secrets?
137
164. Who starts to tell Harry and Ron something before they are interrupted by Percy
Weasley?
167. What do Harry and Ron find Lockhart doing when they go to give him information
about the Chamber of Secrets after Lockhart volunteered to enter the chamber to get
Ginny back?
138
171. What does the phoenix, Fawkes, drop at Harry's feet in the Chamber of Secrets
that amuses Tom Riddle?
139
176. What does Dumbledore tell Harry to look closely at for proof that he belongs in
Gryffindor house?
180. What does Ginny say she caught Percy doing that he told her to keep secret?
140
Short Answer Questions Key
Locks them away under the stairs in the cupboard
Drills
The door to take coats
In his room pretending he does not exist
Absolutely nothing
None
Two Eyes
141
done?
He pretended to cast a spell on Dudley.
It wants out of its cage.
Two pieces of bread and a lump of cheese
Someone is sitting on it.
That he does not have any friends.
House Elf
To sit down
142
Forever
16. What does Dobby say he will have to do later as punishment to himself for
coming to see Harry?
Shut his ears in the oven door
To warn him
Go back to Hogwarts
19. What does Harry do with Dobby when Uncle Vernon comes into the room to
tell Harry to be quiet?
Puts him in the closet
Letters from his friends
Drops Aunt Petunia's pudding dessert
143
An owl
That since magic came from his house, Harry is expelled from school.
room?
Ron Weasley
A flying car
George and Fred
in the cupboard?
Pick the lock
It creaks.
144
Hedwig
drive away?
See you next summer.
Very powerful but they have to have permission to use it
trick on Harry?
Draco Malfoy
It would be rich.
A ghoul
35. Whose fault does Ron originally think it might be when Harry does not answer
any letters?
Errol's
145
Working
Tuck in his shirt
Hermione
School work
Studies dragons in Romania
Floo Powder
He coughs after geting hot ash in his mouth.
146
Draco Malfoy
His glasses
Alley?
Hagrid
Flesh-Eatin' Slug Repellent
Gilderoy Lockhart
Signing books
49. What does Ginny almost leave at the house that they have to go back and
get?
Her Diary
147
Invisibility Booster
Quarters?
They crash into the wall.
In the magical flying car.
Makes a whining noise
His magic wand
It breaks into two pieces
The tree into which it crashed
148
Professor Snape
58. The story in the issue of the Evening Prophet that Professor Snape shows
Harry and Ron is about ________________________.
Ron and Harry flying the magic car
of drive the car?
Send an owl
Hermione
A Howler letter
62. What does the letter Ron receives from his mother do after it is done
screaming at him?
Bursts into flames
Doctoring the Whomping Willow
149
Publicity
Its cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.
Buttons
lessons?
Hearts
To prove that he has met Harry
Gilderoy Lockhart
might start?
Harry Potter fan club
150
71. What does Gilderoy Lockhart let go in the class room and leave the students
to catch?
Cornish pixies
Hermione
Quidditch practice
74. Who tags along with Harry to Quidditch practice even though Harry tries to
get him/her not to do it?
Colin Creevey
practice?
To train their new Seeker
Draco Malfoy
Mud Blood
151
78. What comes out of Ron's mouth after his curse towards Draco Malfoy
misfires?
Slugs
Hagrid
Gilderoy Lockhart
He was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year.
Sign fan mail for Gilderoy Lockhart
Gilderoy Lockhart?
Fear me
84. How long does Lockhart say that they have been signing fan mail when he
lets Harry leave?
Four hours
152
The Headless Hunt
Argus Filch
Kwickspell
Show up at his Deathday party
Salamander
Moaning Myrtle
153
Peeves the Poltergeist
The girls' toilet
Harry hears?
Mrs. Norris, the cat
Enemies of the Heir
petrified?
Draco Malfoy
A Squib
Quidditch matches
154
Wizarding parents but who have no powers themselves
Professor Binns
Slytherin and Gryffindor
Salazar Slytherin
103. Who does Professor Binns say will be able to open the chamber according to
the legend?
The one true heir
Spiders
His teddy bear
155
106. Who catches Ron, Hermione and Harry coming out of the girls' bathroom
where Moaning Myrtle stays?
Percy Weasley
Polyjuice potion
Draco Malfoy
109. What teacher does Hermione get to sign the paper giving her permission to
go to the restricted section of the library?
Gilderoy Lockhart
110. Where do Hermione, Ron and Harry go to read the Moste Potente Potions
book?
Moaning Myrtle's bathroom
111. How long does Hermione tell Ron and Harry it will be before they can have
the Polyjuice Potion ready?
A month
A Bludger
156
He is laughing at Harry.
He removes the bones.
Dobby
Death Threats
Dobby
clothing?
He would be free to leave.
His camera
157
The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again.
Moaning Myrtle's bathroom
Jump out at her with fur or boils
123. Who decides he/she would be best for stealing the needed potion
ingredients out of Snape's storeroom?
Hermione
Filibuster Firework
His nose inflates.
Snape and Lockhart
158
Draco Malfoy
128. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an
unfriendly spell?
Drops his wand
He speaks to it.
Because Salazar Slytherin could talk to them
Transfiguration?
Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick
132. What teacher takes Harry Potter to Dumbledore after he is found at the scene
of another attack?
Professor McGonagall
Bursts into flames
159
They are healing.
Toothpick
The Polyjuice Potion is ready.
Chocolate cakes with sleeping potion in them
Shoes
One hour
She turns halfway into a cat.
160
She is not in Slytherin.
142. Who is the first one to find Ron and Harry wandering in the halls while they
are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
Percy Weasley
Pure-blood
Mr. Weasley being asked to resign because of the car incident
A get well card from Gilderoy Lockhart
Someone throws a book through her head.
T. M. Riddle
161
It is blank.
Tom Riddle writes him back.
150. Who does Tom Riddle tell Harry opened the chamber of secrets fifty years
ago?
Hagrid
Tom Riddle's diary is missing
152. What does Professor McGonagall say into the megaphone when she steps
out onto the Quidditch field?
The game has been canceled.
A petrified Hermione
A mirror
162
Spiders
Invisibility cloak
157. Who does Draco Malfoy say should apply for Dumbledore's position as
school headmaster?
Professor Snape
158. When Harry sees some spiders walking in a straight line where does he
realize they are heading?
The Forbidden Forest
Giant talking spiders
Spiders fear it.
Weasley's enchanted car
163
Moaning Myrtle
The petrified students will soon be fixed.
164. Who starts to tell Harry and Ron something before they are interrupted by
Percy Weasley?
Ginny Weasley
A clipping about a Basilisk
Ginny Weasley
packing to leave
The entrance to the secret chamber
164
Tom Riddle
His father was a Muggle.
171. What does the phoenix, Fawkes, drop at Harry's feet in the Chamber of
Secrets that amuses Tom Riddle?
The sorting hat
Plucks out his eyes
A sword appears in the hat.
Punctures it with a Basilisk tooth
Their choices
165
176. What does Dumbledore tell Harry to look closely at for proof that he belongs
in Gryffindor house?
The sword from the sorting hat
Lucious Malfoy and Dobby the House Elf
A sock
He gets the sock and is freed.
180. What does Ginny say she caught Percy doing that he told her to keep
secret?
Kissing his girlfriend
166
Oral Reading Evaluation Sheet
Name: _________________________ Period: _______________________
5 = Above Average 3 = Average 1 = Below Average
Audibility - Projecting your voice so your audience can hear and understand you.
5 4 3 2 1
Pronunciation - Ability to recognize words before you say them and pronounce all the
sounds correctly.
5 4 3 2 1
Articulation - Using your tongue, mouth and lips to pronounce all the sounds correctly.
5 4 3 2 1
Vocal Variety/Expression - Using appropriate pitch, volume and flow.
5 4 3 2 1
Rate - Reading a speed, or pace that is easy to follow.
5 4 3 2 1
Comments:
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Reading Assignment Sheet
Name: _________________________ Period: _______________________
Reading Date Assigned Date Due Date Completed

Assignment
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Writing Evaluation Form
Name: _________________________ Period: _______________________
5 = Above Average 3 = Average 1 = Below Average
Clear thesis or position Strong conclusion
5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
Relevant supporting arguments Grammar
5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
Transitions between paragraphs Spelling
5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
Clarity of expression Punctuation
5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
Comments:
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One Week Quiz A
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter
14.

(a) Helga Hufflepuff
(b) Rowena Ravenclaw
(c) Dumbledore
(d) Salazar Slytherin
(a) Gryffindor and Hufflepuff
(b) Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw
(c) Ravenclaw and Slytherin
(d) Slytherin and Gryffindor
of drive the car?
(a) Take a cab
(b) Done a magic gypsy dance
(c) Send an owl
(d) Sat and waited on someone
(a) Slugs
(b) Rats
(c) Broomsticks
(d) Spiders

(a) A petrified Tom Riddle
(b) A petrified Hagrid
(c) A petrified Hermione
(d) A petrified Dumbledore
170
171
Multiple Choice Questions Key
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. C

Draco Malfoy
Percy Weasley
172
Two Week Quiz A
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
10.

petrified?
(a) Professor Snape
(b) Goyle
(c) Draco Malfoy
(d) Crabbe
(a) Candy
(b) Tap dancing beetles
(c) Napkins
(d) Buttons

(a) Disects sea monsters in Chin
(b) Studies the yeti in Asia
(c) Sleeps a lot
(d) Studies dragons in Romania
4. What does the letter Ron receives from his mother do after it is done screaming
at him?
(a) Bursts into flames
(b) Rips itself into pieces
(c) Disappears
(d) Begins to bite people
(a) Beatings
(b) Death Threats
(c) Spankings
(d) His mouth washed out with soap
173
catch?
4. Who shows up outside Harry's window after Harry has been locked in his room?
174
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. B

catch?
Cornish pixies
House Elf
room?
Ron Weasley
Dobby
175
Four Week Quiz A
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

(a) Hermione
(b) Ron's mother
(c) Dumbledore
(d) George and Fred
(a) Do a dance
(b) Wash his face
(c) Comb his hair
(d) Tuck in his shirt
(a) A magic jelly bean
(b) His flying dust
(c) His cell phone
(d) His magic wand

(a) Floo Powder
(b) Giant Sloths
(c) Magic Car
(d) Broom

(a) To sit down
(b) To give him some money.
(c) To leave quietly
(d) To explain why he is there
176
177
1. D
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. A

House Elf
178
Four Week Quiz B
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
15.

(a) Enemies of pure bloods
(b) Enemies of rythm
(c) Enemies of Lord Voldemort
(d) Enemies of the Heir

(a) An empty teachers room
(b) The discotech
(c) The woods
(d) The girls' toilet
(a) Draco Malfoy
(b) Hagrid
(c) Dumbledore
(d) Gilderoy Lockhart
done?
(a) He yelled at Dudley.
(b) He was flying his broom in the house.
(c) He pretended to cast a spell on Dudley.
(d) He ate a piece of pie early.
Harry hears?
(a) Mrs. Norris, the cat
(b) Hagrid's dog
(c) Dumbledore's bird
(d) A spider
179
2. What happens when Ron and Harry try to get to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?
3. Who does Harry think of first when they are naming people that might play a trick on
Harry?
180
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A

Argus Filch
Quarters?
They crash into the wall.
trick on Harry?
Draco Malfoy
181
Eight Week Quiz A
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

(a) Go back to Hogwarts
(b) Stand on one foot with his finger in his ear.
(c) Stop his magic learning.
(d) Leave the Dursley house.
(a) It is slippery.
(b) It has a trip wire.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It creaks.
(a) A Wolf
(b) A Singing Frog
(c) A Fairy
(d) Two Eyes
(a) At a magical conference
(b) Hunting gnomes
(c) Sleeping in a boat.
(d) Working

(a) A magic carpet
(b) A ladder
(c) A flying car
(d) A dragon
182
4. What does Harry do with Dobby when Uncle Vernon comes into the room to tell Harry
to be quiet?
183
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. C

To sit down
It would be rich.
That he does not have any friends.
4. What does Harry do with Dobby when Uncle Vernon comes into the room to tell
Harry to be quiet?
Puts him in the closet
184
Eight Week Quiz B
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

(a) Her Wand
(b) Her School Books
(c) Her Gym Shoes
(d) Her Diary

(a) A magic carpet
(b) A ladder
(c) A flying car
(d) A dragon
(a) An enchanted spell book
(b) His phone
(c) His gameboy
(d) Hedwig
(a) A Few
(b) None
(c) Too many to count
(d) Several
(a) That his owl is going to be cooked for dinner.
(b) That his mother and father were losers.
(c) That he does not have any friends.
(d) That magic is stupid and Harry is too.
185
1. What does Professor McGonagall tell the boys they should have done instead of
drive the car?
186
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C

of drive the car?
Send an owl
Very powerful but they have to have permission to use it
Working
Two pieces of bread and a lump of cheese
187
Eight Week Quiz C
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

(a) A ghoul
(b) A leprechaun
(c) A psycho
(d) A fairy

(a) Hagrid
(b) Draco Malfoy
(c) Mr. Weasley
(d) Tom Riddle
3. What comes out of Ron's mouth after his curse towards Draco Malfoy misfires?
(a) Slugs
(b) Rotten fruit
(c) Singing frogs
(d) Mice

(a) A taxi cab
(b) Brooms
(c) In the magical flying car.
(d) A giant bird
(a) Comb his hair
(b) Tuck in his shirt
(c) Wash his face
(d) Do a dance
188
1. What has Hermione drawn on her schedule next to Gilderoy Lockhart's lessons?
189
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. B

lessons?
Hearts
Working
Forever
190
Eight Week Quiz D
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

(a) Sleeping in a boat.
(b) Working
(c) Hunting gnomes
(d) At a magical conference
Harry hears?
(a) A spider
(b) Dumbledore's bird
(c) Mrs. Norris, the cat
(d) Hagrid's dog
might start?
(a) Harry Potter theme song
(b) Harry Potter fan club
(c) A musical group called "Tribute to Harry Potter"
(d) Convulsions

(a) Sneaking into snapes office
(b) Practicing spells
(c) Quidditch practice
(d) Yoga
done?
(a) He yelled at Dudley.
(b) He ate a piece of pie early.
(c) He was flying his broom in the house.
(d) He pretended to cast a spell on Dudley.
191
1. What does Harry yell to Uncle Vernon and the others as he and the Weasleys drive
away?
192
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. D

drive away?
See you next summer.
The door to take coats
A flying car
An owl
193
Eight Week Quiz E
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
12.

(a) A carpet salesman
(b) A Bludger
(c) One of Slytherin's players
(d) A golden snitch

(a) The tree into which it crashed
(b) A flock of birds
(c) A giant spider
(d) Several angry owls
3. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an unfriendly
spell?
(a) Pauses to pose for a picture
(b) Produces a sneeze that tranforms a student into a cupcake
(c) Drops his wand
(d) Trips over his own feet
(a) His underwear
(b) His birthday cake
(c) His bike
(d) His teddy bear
(a) Her School Books
(b) Her Diary
(c) Her Gym Shoes
(d) Her Wand
194
1. What is wrong when Harry and Ron ask a girl for directions to the Slytherin common
room while they are in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
4. What does the letter Ron receives from his mother do after it is done screaming at
him?
195
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B

She is not in Slytherin.
Professor Binns
It would be rich.
at him?
Bursts into flames
196
Eight Week Quiz F
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
15.

of drive the car?
(a) Done a magic gypsy dance
(b) Sat and waited on someone
(c) Take a cab
(d) Send an owl
(a) It would be lazy.
(b) It would be rich.
(c) It would be evil.
(d) It would be unkind.
clothing?
(a) He would have to give it to a magical fairy.
(b) He would be free to leave.
(c) He would have to wash it.
(d) He would have to wear it every day.
(a) Draco Malfoy
(b) Hagrid
(d) Dumbledore

(a) Tom Riddle
(b) Hagrid
(c) Mr. Weasley
(d) Draco Malfoy
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2. What does Professor McGonagall say into the megaphone when she steps out onto
the Quidditch field?
3. What are Harry and Ron supposed to be turning their beetles into in Transfiguration
class?
practice?
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1. D
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. D

2. What does Professor McGonagall say into the megaphone when she steps out
onto the Quidditch field?
The game has been canceled.
Buttons
practice?
To train their new Seeker
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Eight Week Quiz G
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
17.

(a) She does not speak English.the
(b) She realizes they are not Crabbe and Goyle.
(c) She gives them bad directions.
(d) She is not in Slytherin.
(a) Letters from his friends
(b) Pictures of his parents
(c) Books
(d) His favorite dance videos

(a) It wants out of its cage.
(b) It is hungry.
(c) It ate a sickly cat.
(d) It hates Dudley.
catch?
(a) Cornish pixies
(b) Puppies
(c) Enchanted spiders
(d) Garden gnomes
(a) packing to leave
(b) he has left
(c) curling his hair
(d) signing autographs
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3. How do Fred and George get to Harry's magic items that have been locked up in the
cupboard?
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1. D
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A

Percy Weasley
in the cupboard?
Pick the lock
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Mid-Book Test - Easy
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

at him?
(a) Rips itself into pieces
(b) Disappears
(d) Begins to bite people

(a) Help Professor Sprout with the Mandrakes
(b) Polish the silver with Mr. Filch
(c) Help Hagrid with his pumkins
(d) Sign fan mail for Gilderoy Lockhart

(a) Elvis
(b) The Bloody Baron
(c) Moaning Myrtle
(d) Nearly Headless Nick

(a) His wand
(b) His feelings
(c) His nose
(d) His glasses
(a) Falls to the ground
(b) Shudders and shakes
(c) Makes a whining noise
(d) Turns upside down
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(b) The Fat Friar
(c) Peeves the Poltergeist
(d) The Bloody Baron
(a) They draw from their masters for their powers.
(b) Very powerful but hard to control
(c) It leaves an awful stink.
(d) Very powerful but they have to have permission to use it

(a) A flying car
(b) A magic carpet
(c) A ladder
(d) A dragon

(a) The Headless Hunt
(b) The Dead Mans writting club
(c) Executioner's Block Club
(d) Hat Haters united

(a) Find him a date
(b) Show up at his Deathday party
(c) Speak with the leaders of the Headless Hunt
(d) See if he can find a spell to remove the last part of his head
11. What does Uncle Vernon do with Harry's items from Hogwarts when Harry
gets home for the holidays?
(a) Burns them
(b) Throws them away
(c) Puts them in a chest in the attic
(d) Locks them away under the stairs in the cupboard
Alley?
(a) Dumbledore
(b) Severas Snape
(c) Mr. Weasley
(d) Hagrid
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(a) That magic is stupid and Harry is too.
(b) That his owl is going to be cooked for dinner.
(c) That he does not have any friends.
(d) That his mother and father were losers.

(a) A flock of birds
(b) Several angry owls
(c) A giant spider
(d) The tree into which it crashed

(a) At the neighbors house
(b) In his room pretending he does not exist
(c) In the attic sleeping
(d) In the backyard mowing
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Multiple Choice Answer Key
1. C 11. D
2. D 12. D
3. C 13. C
4. D 14. D
5. C 15. B
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. B
Short Answer Key

An owl
House Elf
Working
None
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Go back to Hogwarts
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Final Test - Easy
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

(a) Harry can hear the book talking to him.
(b) Pictures begin to appear.
(c) Tom Riddle writes him back.
(d) The words jump out of the book.

(a) Mr. Weasley being asked to resign because of the car incident
(b) Professor Dumbledore being fired
(c) Dobby the house elf is freed
(d) Pure-blood wizard club
(a) Someone else has been petrified.
(b) That she has a new pair of shoes.
(c) That Draco Malfoy has left for vacation.
(d) The Polyjuice Potion is ready.
(a) A spell magically comes into Harry's thoughts.
(b) A magic wand appears in the hat.
(c) He hears Dumbledore's voice.
(d) A sword appears in the hat.
(a) Moving drawings of Hogwarts and the Chamber of Secrets
(b) Japanese Animation
(c) It is blank.
(d) Dates of attacks on Muggles from fifty years ago

(a) Lunar Moth
(b) Giant Spider
(c) Filibuster Firework
(d) Cornish Pixie
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Transfiguration?
(a) Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick
(b) Mr. Filch
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Hermione
(a) The petrified students will soon be fixed.
(b) Hagrid's spider has been killed.
(c) The Heir of Slytherin has been caught.
(d) Dumbledore is coming back.
9. What teacher does Hermione get to sign the paper giving her permission to go
to the restricted section of the library?
(a) Hagrid
(b) Gilderoy Lockhart
(c) Professor Snape
(d) Mr. Filch
(a) He casts a spell on it.
(b) He dances with it.
(c) He speaks to it.
(d) He picks it up calmly.
(a) His school books have been taken
(b) There is an enchantment that has been put on his things
(c) Tom Riddle's diary is missing
(d) A French maid

(a) Ron sneaking in with pizza
(b) His arm hurting
(c) Dobby
(d) A terrible dream
(a) T. M. Riddle
(b) Dudley Dursley
(c) Lord Voldemort
(d) Salazar Slitherin
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(a) Professor Lockhart and his magic trunk
(b) Lucious Malfoy and Dobby the House Elf
(c) Professor Snape and Dobby the house elf
(d) Petunia Dursley and Dudley
(a) It likes peanut butter.
(b) Spiders fear it.
(c) It is controlled by a student.
(d) It is deadly.
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1. C 11. C
2. A 12. C
3. D 13. A
4. D 14. B
5. C 15. B
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
Short Answer Key

A month
His camera
She turns halfway into a cat.
Giant talking spiders
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Spiders
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Mid-Book Test - Medium
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short
essay questions.

done?
(a) He pretended to cast a spell on Dudley.
(b) He yelled at Dudley.
(c) He ate a piece of pie early.
(d) He was flying his broom in the house.
(a) Quidditch matches
(b) Lunch
(c) Afternoon activities
(d) Spell casting
(a) Puts them in a chest in the attic
(b) Locks them away under the stairs in the cupboard
(c) Throws them away
(d) Burns them
(a) The house elf has been stolen.
(b) That he must return to school at once.
(c) That since magic came from his house, Harry is expelled from school.
(d) The pudding commision is going to sue him.
(a) It leaves an awful stink.
(b) They draw from their masters for their powers.
(c) Very powerful but hard to control
(d) Very powerful but they have to have permission to use it
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petrified?
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3. Describe Mr. Filch from the description given when he takes Harry into his office in
Chapter Eight. Why does he let Harry go without punishment?
Chapter Five?
6. Who do Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to think would be a possibility for the Heir
Slytherin in Chapter Nine and why?
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7. McGonagall finds Harry and Ron and tells them what their detention punishment will
be. Harry will help Lockhart sign his fan mail and Ron will polish trophies without using
magic. Are these detentions appropriate for them? Why or why not?
8. Give one word that explains Vernon Dursley's reaction when Harry says "magic" in
Chapter One. Explain why you have given this word.
10. What is the reaction from those that find the petrified cat and the message on the
wall stating that the heir of Slytherin has returned?
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1. A
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
Short Answer Key

petrified?
Draco Malfoy
Gilderoy Lockhart
Its cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.
Percy Weasley
Moaning Myrtle
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Short Essay Answer Key
would be.
Gilderoy Lockhart loves to have his picture taken and be the center of attention. He
wants attention and takes advantage of the situation at hand to get it. He poses for
pictures with Harry Potter at his book signing and then announces that he will be the
new teacher at Hogwarts for the Defense Against the Dark Arts. He takes a lot of time
on his appearance and all of his books have him on the front cover. Most of the people
in line to get his books are women.
3. Describe Mr. Filch from the description given when he takes Harry into his
office in Chapter Eight. Why does he let Harry go without punishment?
Mr. Filch is the caretaker at Hogwarts. He has a cat named Mrs. Norris. Mr. Filch does
not like students and tries to punish Harry for tracking mud into the castle after Harry
comes in out of the rain. The thing that most likely got Harry out of any trouble is that
Harry finds a piece of Filch's mail that Filch would have been embarrassed for anyone
else to see. He most likely lets Harry go so that no one will find out about his letter.
Chapter Five?
Hermione is upset with them as is Ron's older brother Percy. With the exception of
these two, the rest of the Gryffindor House is very excited that they fly a car to school.
There are students telling them that no one has ever done such a thing before and they
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cannot believe that Harry and Ron have not been expelled. Ron's brothers, George and
Fred, ask why they could not fly in the car also as if it were a big joke. Harry and Ron go
to bed quickly to avoid Percy's lecture as well as Hermione's, but go to sleep very happy
with the reaction that they have received from the other students.
He is concerned as to what it may mean. His friends back him up telling him that even
when you are a wizard, it is not good to hear voices you cannot explain. The voice has
been heard by Harry twice but he refuses to tell Dumbledore about the voice.
6. Who do Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to think would be a possibility for the
Heir Slytherin in Chapter Nine and why?
Draco Malfoy is who they think might either be the heir or know who the heir is. Draco's
father hates all Muggles and Draco does too. Harry has seen Lucius and Draco at
Knockturn Alley selling dark magic items. Ron believes that they might have handed
things down generation-to-generation that would allow them to open the chamber.
7. McGonagall finds Harry and Ron and tells them what their detention
punishment will be. Harry will help Lockhart sign his fan mail and Ron will polish
trophies without using magic. Are these detentions appropriate for them? Why or
why not?
Yes, because Ron hates to do anything like cleaning without the use of magic. He
knows that he will be kept all night without the aid of his wand to speed things. Harry
really dislikes Lockhart and Lockhart seems to have focused on Harry because it
increases Lockhart's own popularity. For both of the boys there is little else that could
have been better suited as a punishment. Both of them feel as if they have the worst
end of the deal.
8. Give one word that explains Vernon Dursley's reaction when Harry says
"magic" in Chapter One. Explain why you have given this word.
Irrational. Vernon Dursley does not take into consideration the fact that the word is not
referring to the practice of magic. Any mention of it and he becomes angry and yells
loudly. Since the word is used he even accuses Harry of threatening Dudley just
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because he says the word. The reader sees that even his physical appearance shows
the signs of his reaction since his temples begins to throb and he jumps up out of his
chair.
10. What is the reaction from those that find the petrified cat and the message on
the wall stating that the heir of Slytherin has returned?
Everyone is completely quiet and stops to look at the message. Ron has tried to get
Harry to hurry up and leave so that they will not be the ones found at the scene but they
are unable to leave before others arrive. Draco Malfoy is loud and openly happy about
the fact that the Muggles in the school are in danger.
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Final Test - Medium
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short
essay questions.

(a) Weasley's enchanted car
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Centaur
(d) Lucious Malfoy
(a) A spell magically comes into Harry's thoughts.
(b) A sword appears in the hat.
(c) A magic wand appears in the hat.
(d) He hears Dumbledore's voice.

(a) Mud-blood
(b) Tom Marvalo Riddle
(c) Salazar
(d) Pure-blood
4. Who is the first one to find Ron and Harry wandering in the halls while they are
in the form of Crabbe and Goyle?
(a) Percy Weasley
(b) Professor Snape
(c) Draco Malfoy
(d) Aunt Petunia
5. Who decides he/she would be best for stealing the needed potion ingredients
out of Snape's storeroom?
(a) Draco Malfoy
(b) Hermione
(c) Ron
(d) Harry
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headmaster?
4. What do Harry and Ron find Lockhart doing when they go to give him information
about the Chamber of Secrets after Lockhart volunteered to enter the chamber to get
Ginny back?
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1. What are the students saying about Harry after they find he can speak to snakes like
Salazar Slytherin?
3. What do Harry and Ron find when they follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest?
happens to them?
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9. What does Harry hear while lying in the hospital wing when Dumbledore brings in a
petrified Collin Creevey?
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1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
Short Answer Key

He gets the sock and is freed.
headmaster?
Professor Snape
A clipping about a Basilisk
packing to leave
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1. What are the students saying about Harry after they find he can speak to
snakes like Salazar Slytherin?
Many of the students are saying that Harry is a relative of Salazar Slytherin. Some of
the students are talking about the fact that the reason that Voldemort goes after Harry is
because he is afraid Harry will be as strong a wizard as he is and do not want another
dark wizard for competition. Harry tries to convince some that it is not true but they are
too scared of him to even talk to him.
Ginny Weasley has been kidnapped and there is a note on the wall saying that she will
lie dead in the chamber forever. Professor McGonagall says that the school will have to
be closed and they volunteer Lockhart to go after the monster and save the girl.
3. What do Harry and Ron find when they follow the spiders into the Forbidden
Forest?
There is a giant spider living in the forest named Aragog. Aragog was raised by Hagrid
and is the reason that Haggrid was expelled when he was younger.
Harry most likely got some of Voldemorts traits when he attacked Harry unknown to
Voldemort. The difference between the two of them is the choices they make.
happens to them?
Hagrid and Dumbledore are removed from the school on the same night. Hagrid is
taken away to Azkaban prison and Dumbledore is forced to take a suspension.
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Harry and Ron fine a piece of paper describing a Basilisk. Hermione also writes the
word "pipes" on the paper to explain what the creature in the chamber is and how it gets
around.
It transforms her into part cat and gives her fur and a tail. Hermione must have gotten
cat hair instead of the Slytherin girl's hair to put into the potion and the potion is not for
animal transformations.
9. What does Harry hear while lying in the hospital wing when Dumbledore brings
in a petrified Collin Creevey?
Dumbledore admits that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened again. Harry also
hears that they tried to open Collin's camera to see if he got a picture of his attacker but
the camera film produced smoke and was destroyed. Dumbledore says the question is
not who has opened the Chamber of Secrets but how they have opened it, and Harry
realizes that Professor McGonagall does not have any more answers than Harry does.
The bird looks sickly, makes a gagging noise, and after a moment, bursts into flames.
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Mid-Book Test - Hard
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3)
essay topics.

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1. Describe Harry's feelings for Hogwarts, his school, as compared to the Dursley house
where he lives with his aunt and uncle from what is detailed in Chapter One.
2. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held in
Gringotts in London.
6. Describe the reaction Vernon has when he realizes that Harry is escaping with Ron
and his brothers. Do you think his reaction is odd? Why or why not.
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8. Describe what happens in Gilderoy Lockhart's first class in Chapter Six. What does
this reveal about his character?
10. Explain Harry's reaction when he hears the voice in Chapter Seven while serving
detention.
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Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the significance of Hermione being called a Mudblood before the attacks
began. Would it have had the same impact if it had been explained later in the book?
Why?
Essay Topic 2
The Weasley children are all very different. Explain the importance of the differences
between Percey, Ginny, Ron, and the twins George and Fred. Did each of these
characters play an important role on Harry in the book? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
The Defence Against the Dark Arts position is said to be jinxed.
How would the story had differed if Snape had had the Dark Arts position?
What would have happened in potions class if Lockhart had been the teacher?
Given Snape's attitude and disposition do you think he would have made a good Dark
Arts teacher? Explain.
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Short Answer Key
To warn him
Argus Filch
He coughs after geting hot ash in his mouth.
Mud Blood

1. Describe Harry's feelings for Hogwarts, his school, as compared to the Dursley
house where he lives with his aunt and uncle from what is detailed in Chapter
One.
Harry feels as if he is known and liked at Hogwarts where people knew his mother and
father and cared for them and care for him as well. He is treated like an outcast in his
own home at the Dursleys. Most children want to come home to escape school but
Harry has the opposite feelings. Harry has strict rules when at home but has much more
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freedom when he gets to school. Harry even explains that his stomach aches because
he misses the school so much.
2. Explain how Harry feels about the fortune that his parents left him that is held
in Gringotts in London.
He seems unsure of how to mention it. He knows that the Weasleys do not have much
money and so he does not want to mention the fact that he has some. He also has not
mentioned it to the Dursleys because he knows that while they hate him, they probably
would not hate his money. Harry seems to avoid thinking or speaking about it to anyone.
would be.
Fred and George are Ron's older brothers. Fred and George are twins and are capable
of magic but have taken the time to learn tricks that Muggles, non magic people, use
such as picking locks. They appear to be very crafty and enjoy a good joke. They are
able to get Harry's school items out of the locked hallway closet and free Harry's owl,
Hedwig, from her cage into which Vernon has locked her.
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6. Describe the reaction Vernon has when he realizes that Harry is escaping with
Ron and his brothers. Do you think his reaction is odd? Why or why not.
Vernon is upset that Harry is getting away. He tries to stop Harry from escaping but is
unable. It seems odd that he does not want Harry to go since the Dursleys appear to
dislike him so much and have had him locked up in his room. Although the Dursleys
dislike Harry, it is possible that Vernon does not want Harry to leave because he wants
to continue to punish him.
The car has been enchanted by Mr. Weasley so that it flies and also magically has more
room inside it than it appears. The car is old and the mechanism that makes it invisible
continually goes on and off while Ron and Harry are flying it. The car does not quite
make it to Hogwarts before it crashes. The enchantment put on the car seems to have
made it almost alive and it ejects Ron and Harry after the ordeal is over and runs away
of its own will.
8. Describe what happens in Gilderoy Lockhart's first class in Chapter Six. What
does this reveal about his character?
In his first class he begins to explain about all his great accomplishments. After a short
period of time he loses a cage of Cornish pixies. Lockhart is unable to control the little
animals and leaves the room and Hermione is the one that is able to cast a charm on
them to stop them from wreaking havoc. Gilderoy Lockhart shows in this piece that he
may very well be as incompetent as he appears. He boasts about his abilities but is
unable to do anything to prove them despite his books. Ron states out loud that the only
proof that anyone has that he did any of the things he said he did is the fact that he
wrote about it in books.
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Professor Binns is focused on facts and he tells the students that he believes the whole
thing to be a tale of pure fiction. He explains about the wizards that started the
Hogwarts school including Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin believed that magical teaching
should stay in magical families and he told the students that because of this he made a
secret chamber with a beast in it although there has been a search and no chamber is
found. The monster in the chamber is supposed to be something that only the heir of
Slytherin can control although no one knows what it is.
10. Explain Harry's reaction when he hears the voice in Chapter Seven while
serving detention.
Harry is concerned and confused. The voice had been talking about killing people and
ripping people. While this is worrisome to Harry, he appears just as concerned by the
fact that Lockhart cannot hear the voice. He and Ron run through a list of why it could
have only been heard by him but come up with no answers.
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Final Test - Hard
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3)
essay topics.

4. What would happen to Dobby if his master gave him a single article of clothing?
5. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an unfriendly spell?
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1. What does Dobby reveal to Harry when he comes to see him in the hospital wing in
Chapter Ten?
2. How does Harry distract Snape while Hermione retrieves the needed ingredients?
3. When Harry gets to the Chamber of Secrets in Chapter Seventeen what does Tom
Riddle tell him?
4. What happens when Harry tells Tom Riddle that Dumbledore is the greatest wizard
that ever lived and that people will always be faithful to Dumbledore.
6. In Chapter Thirteen why has Moaning Myrtle flooded the bathroom and been crying?
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8. Explain how Hermione, Ron and Harry get Lockhart to sign a permission form for
them to retrieve a book from the restricted section of the library.
9. What happens when Draco Malfoy produces a snake during dueling class in Chapter
Eleven?
10. What are the pros and cons of the Polyjuice Potion that Hermione, Ron and Harry
intend to brew?
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Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lucius Malfoy is very hard on his son. He openly rebukes him for not being smarter than
Hermione, a Mudblood, but then buys him new equipment to ensure he is put on the
Slytherin Quidditch team.
Part 1-Explain their relationship.
Part 2-Do you think that Draco could do anything to fully make his father proud?
Essay Topic 2
The Dursleys treat Harry very foul and give him nothing more than a toothpick for
Christmas. Explain why they don't let Harry stay with the Weasleys and why they would
rather have him locked in his room than to be at Ron's house.
How would the story have been different if Harry had been appreciated a little more at
home?
Essay Topic 3
There are things in the book that point strongly in the direction of the Chamber of
Secrets and the monster that lies within--Ginny and her odd behavior, the voice that
only Harry can hear, and Moaning Myrtle. Take away one of these and explain how it
would have changed the rest of the story and what it added to have it included.
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Short Answer Key
The Polyjuice Potion is ready.
Their choices
A mirror
clothing?
He would be free to leave.
5. What does Lockhart do while trying to show Harry how to block an unfriendly
spell?
Drops his wand

1. What does Dobby reveal to Harry when he comes to see him in the hospital
wing in Chapter Ten?
Dobby reveals that he is the one that closed the gate to Platform Nine and Three
Quarters when Ron and Harry were trying to catch the train. Dobby is also the one that
makes the bludger go after Harry that almost kills him. Dobby also tells Harry the reason
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that he wears the nasty looking pillowcase is because if he is ever given a piece of
clothing he would be freed from his slavery. He also reveals to Harry that the Chamber
of Secrets has been opened before although he does not tell Harry when it happened.
2. How does Harry distract Snape while Hermione retrieves the needed
ingredients?
He sets off one of George and Fred's Filibuster fireworks. When the fireworks goes off,
it lands in Goyle's cauldron of brewing potion and a large amount lands on Draco
Malfoy. The potion stinks, and when it lands on Malfoy, he begins to swell up like a
balloon. Snape is busy trying to calm people and fix the problem when Hermione
sneaks past him.
3. When Harry gets to the Chamber of Secrets in Chapter Seventeen what does
Tom Riddle tell him?
Tom says that Ginny is not dead but soon will be and that he is Lord Voldemort. He tells
Harry he had to meet him because he wanted to know how he escaped the most
powerful wizard that ever lived. Tom has been attacking the Muggles in the school but
Harry has become his new target.
4. What happens when Harry tells Tom Riddle that Dumbledore is the greatest
wizard that ever lived and that people will always be faithful to Dumbledore.
Dumbeldore's phoenix arrives carrying the sorting hat and drops the hat at Harry's feet.
Harry puts the hat on and the Gryffindor sword appears out of the hat. The phoenix
attacks the Basilisk for Harry plucking out its eyes and then heals Harry's wounds.
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crying?
Someone drops a book into her head. She tells Harry and Ron that she is thinking about
death and someone threw a book through her head.
She goes to the library telling Ron and Harry she is going to look for something. She is
found petrified a short time later holding a mirror along with another girl.
8. Explain how Hermione, Ron and Harry get Lockhart to sign a permission form
for them to retrieve a book from the restricted section of the library.
Lockhart is very self absorbed and Hermione tells him that she wants to do background
research on one of his books so that she can better understand how he defeated one of
his nemeses. Lockhart does not even look at what book it is and does not ask why she
needs that particular book. Harry had been doing all the things that Lockhart asked him
even though Harry does not want to do them.
Chapter Eleven?
Harry does not realize it but he is able to speak snake language. It is the language that
Slytherin had used and this language ability convinces people that Harry is his long lost
heir. Harry tells the snake not to attack a boy there but no one can understand him and
they all think he is encouraging the snake to attack.
10. What are the pros and cons of the Polyjuice Potion that Hermione, Ron and
Harry intend to brew?
The down side to the potion is that it will take a month to brew and they will be breaking
several school rules in making it. They will have to make it in Moaning Myrtle's
bathroom to ensure privacy. The potion will require a bit of whoever they intend to turn
into which makes Ron uneasy and many of the ingredients will have to be stolen from
Professor Snape's closet. The positive side of making the Polyjiuce Potion is that it will
give them an answer as to whether it is Draco Malfoy committing the attacks and, if not,
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they believe he may know who is behind it.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Short Essay Questions.............................................................................................................. 60

Short Essay Questions Key....................................................................................................... 70

Multiple Choice Key................................................................................................................. 114

Short Answer Questions........................................................................................................... 115

Short Answer Questions Key................................................................................................... 141

Oral Reading Evaluation Sheet................................................................................................ 167

Reading Assignment Sheet...................................................................................................... 168

Writing Evaluation Form........................................................................................................... 169

One Week Quiz A.................................................................................................................... 170

Two Week Quiz A..................................................................................................................... 173

Four Week Quiz A.................................................................................................................... 176

Four Week Quiz B.................................................................................................................... 179

Eight Week Quiz A................................................................................................................... 182

Eight Week Quiz B................................................................................................................... 185

Eight Week Quiz D................................................................................................................... 191

Eight Week Quiz E................................................................................................................... 194

Eight Week Quiz F................................................................................................................... 197

Eight Week Quiz G.................................................................................................................. 200

Mid-Book Test - Easy............................................................................................................... 203

Final Test - Easy...................................................................................................................... 209

Mid-Book Test - Medium.......................................................................................................... 215

Final Test - Medium.................................................................................................................. 223

Mid-Book Test - Hard............................................................................................................... 230

Final Test - Hard....................................................................................................................... 238

Target Grade: 7th-12th (Middle School and High School)

 Introduction  Short Essay Questions

Lesson Plan Calendars

Character and Object Descriptions

Character and Object Descriptions provide descriptions of the significant characters as

Fun Classroom Activities

Essay Questions/Writing Assignments

These 20 Essay Questions/Writing Assignments can be used as essay questions on a

Short Essay Questions

The Quizzes/Homework Assignments are worksheets that can be used in a variety of

 Review Chapter Abstracts: Chapter abstracts are synopses of each chapter

One Week Lesson Calendar

Before the unit begins:

 Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 5

Review Review Review Review Test

1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Quiz 1 Lesson from

Two Week Lesson Calendar

Before the unit begins:

 Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 2

Review Review Review Review Review

1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from Quiz

Review Review Review Review Test

1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from 1 Lesson from

1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 1 In-Class 1 In-Class

Four Week Lesson Calendar

Before the unit begins:

 Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 1

Review Review Review Review Review

Students Read 1 Lesson from Review Review Quiz

Review Review Review Review Review

Review Review Review Review Test

Review Review Review Review Review

Review the test 1 Lesson from Review Review Quiz

Review Review Review Daily Lesson Test

1 Fun Activity 1 In-Class 1 In-Class

Eight Week Lesson Calendar

Before the unit begins:

 Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 1