SparkNotes: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Quiz

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1. How does Harry first learn that he is a wizard?

(A) The Dursleys tell him when he is eight

(B) Dudley accidentally lets it slip

(D) He reads about it in the Daily Prophet

2. Where does Harry live in the Dursley’s home?

(A) With Dudley

(B) In the guest house

(D) In a cupboard under the stairs

3. Who decides where the children will be housed at Hogwarts?

(A) Albus Dumbledore

(B) The Sorting Hat

(D) Each child decides for him- or herself

4. How do the children get rid of Hagrid’s dragon?

(A) They poison it

(B) They bring it up to the top of the tallest tower and push it off

(D) They bring it up to the top of the tallest tower and give it to Voldemort

5. What is significant about the day of the Gringotts break-in?

(A) It occurs on Harry’s birthday

(B) Harry is at Gringotts earlier the same day

(D) All of the above

6. Who is Fluffy?

(A) Hagrid’s dragon

(B) Harry’s owl

(D) Dumbledore’s pet snake

7. Which teacher is trying to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone?

(A) Snape

(B) Dumbledore

(D) McGonagall

8. To whom does the Sorcerer’s Stone belong?

(A) Harry

(B) Hagrid

(D) Nicolas Flamel

9. What position does Harry play in Quidditch?

(A) Quaffle

(B) Sweeper

(D) Chaser

10. What does Voldemort drink in the Forbidden Forest to sustain himself?

(A) Apple nectar

(B) Unicorn blood

(D) Cedar sap

11. Whom do Harry and Ron accidentally lock in the bathroom with the troll?

(A) Hermione

(B) Dumbledore

(D) McGonagall

12. What does Harry see when he looks in the Mirror of Erised for the first time?

(A) Himself as an old, wise wizard

(B) A Quidditch trophy

(D) His parents

13. To whom does the invisibility cloak belong originally?

(A) Harry’s father

(B) Voldemort

(D) Hagrid

14. In what house is Malfoy?

(A) Hufflepuff

(B) Slytherin

(D) Ravenclaw

15. Who actually puts the curse on Harry during the Quidditch match?

(A) Snape

(B) Malfoy

(D) Nicolas Flamel