Thursday 31st May – 51 days

Chapter 13: Mad-Eye Moody
In this chapter... The Trio start lessons again. In Herbology – which they do with the Hufflepuffs – the have to deal with Bubotuber plants, which pus smells like petrol but is a good cure for acne. The Gryffindors still have to do Care of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins. Hagrid’s new project is Blast-Ended Skrewts, giant lobster looking creatures that smell like rotting fish, have stingers, and can burn you as well.
Later in the day, Malfoy starts taunting Ron’s family, after another article in the Daily Prophet about Mr Weasley – written by Rita Skeeter. is just about to start dueling when Malfoy suddenly turns into a ferret right in front of everyone. Mad-Eye Moody – or, to give him his official title, Professor Alastor Moody – comes stumping down the stairs. Malfoy had tried tp jinx Harry when his back is turned, so Moody tranformed Malfoy into a ferret. Only when Professor McGonagall appears on the scene does Moody turn Malfoy back into a human, after McGonagall says they never use transfiguration as punishment. Instead, Moody drags Malfoy off to Professor Snape, Head of Slytherin House. He isn’t frightened by Malfoy’s threats of what his father will do – Mr Malfoy and Snape seem to be well known to Moody.
Ron and Harry both agree that seeing Malfoy berated in front of the whole school is one of the best memories ever. Fred, George and Lee Jordan praise Moody’s lessons, apparently he really knows the Dark Arts.

“I don’t like people who attack when their opponent’s back’s are turned,” growled Moody, as the ferret bounced higher and higher, squealing in pain. “Stinking, cowardly, scummy thing to do…”
The ferret flew through the air, its legs and tail failing helplessly.
“Never – do – that – again …” said Moody, speaking each word as the ferret hit the stone floor and bounced upwards again.

Who is constantly being called or hinted at being a "troll" by Ron throughout the book? Eloise Midgen

Chapter 14: The Unforgivable Curses
In this chapter... The Trio have their first Defence Against the Dark Arts, with Moody, on Thursday. In their first class, Professor Moody tells them all about the three Unforgivable Curses – and demonstrates them too. He demonstrates them on spiders. Professor Moody’s catchphrase is CONSTANT VIGILENCE!
The three Unforgivable Curses are the Imperius curse, the Cruiciatus curse and the Avada Kedavra curse. Many witches and wizards were controlled with the Imperius curse “years ago” (i.e. during Voldemort’s reign of terror), and some claimed to be – but who was telling the truth, and who was lying? The curse can be fought, but better to avoid it altogether. When Moody does the Cruiciatus curse on the second spider, the spider curls up on itself and starts to twitch and rock back and forth, obviously in tremendous pain. The final curse - Avada Kedavra – is the Killing curse. This is the curse, which killed Harry’s parents. Moody takes the third and final spider from the jar, points his wand a final time, and casts the Killing Curse on it; a blinding green light and a rushing sound are all that accompany it, and the now-dead spider has not a mark on it. Moody tells them there is no counter curse, no way to block it, and the only person known to have survived it is sitting in front of him – Harry Potter. Harry is disturbed to see what the Avada Kedavra curse looks like, since it’s that spell that killed his parents. Neville especailly seems very distracted. He named the second curse – the Cruciartus curse. Professor Moody, late gives Neville a book on Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean.. He seems very gentle and kind to Neville. They leave with a new-found respect for Moody.
Ron and Harry have lots of homework – especailly Divination. They decide to make up predictions, as usual. Hermione finally tells Harry and Ron why she’s been spending so much time in the library. She’s started a new campaign called S.P.E.W., or, the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, and wants Harry and Ron to join. Hedwig makes an appearance on the Common Room windowsill. Harry is relieved to finally get a reply back from Sirius, who tells him that’s he’s flying north immediately to be close to Harry. Harry is very upset at this, since he does not want Sirius to be caught and sent back to Azkaban.

“Next Monday,” he said, as he scribbled, “I am likely to develop a cough, owing to the unlucky conjunction of Mars and Jupiter.” He looked up at Harry. “You know her – just put in loads of misery, she’ll lap it up.” (Ron to Harry)

What does the Imperius curse do? It controls another person completely by using the command “Imperio”. One of the three Unforgivable curses

Wednesday 30th May – 52 days

Chapter 11: Aboard The Hogwarts Express
In this chapter...The next day, everybody is returning to Hogwarts. Amos Diggory appears in the Weasley’s fire, with a urgent message for Mr Weasley. Mr Weasley has to help out ex-Auror Mad-Eye Moody, who used magic in front of Muggles when he thought he heard an intruder. A Auror is a Dark Wizard catcher – Moody had put lot of Dark Wizards in Azkaban. Moody seems much more wary of people lately. Mrs Weasley, Bill and Charlie take everybody to King’s Cross Station. They hire Muggle taxis. They give tantalizing hints as to what special event is coming up at Hogwarts.
While on the Hogwarts Express, the overhear Draco Malfoy talking about another forgiegn school – Durnstrang – which does a lot more with the Dark Arts. The Malfoy family consider Professor Dumbledore a Muggle lover. The Trio argue with Malfoy when he scoffs at them for not knowing about the event. Draco teases Ron mercilessly over his dress robes, which happened to be hanging out of Ron’s suitcase. It is pouring with rain when they finally arrive at Hogwarts Station and head to Hogwarts Castle.

“But Hogwarts is hidden,” said Hermione, in surprise. “Everyone knows that…well, everyone who’s read Hogwarts, A History, anyway.”
“Just you, then,” said Ron.

Who appeared in the Weasley's fire to tell Mr. Weasley about Mad Eye Moody? Amos Diggory

Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament
In this chapter... The Sorting is soon done. Colin Creevey – the third year who worships Harry, and taking photographs – is delighted that his younger brother, Dennis, has also been sorted in Gryffindor. Hermione finds out from Nearly Headless Nick that all the food in the castle is cooked by house elves she’s horrified, and refuses to eat another bite, saying it’s cooked by "slave labor". In the start of term speech, Professor Dumbledore tells the students that the Quidditch Cup will not be held this year . He is interupted by somebody entering the Great Hall. . A wizened, peg-legged man stumps to the table and, to the amazement of everyone, Dumbledore announces that this man, Mad-Eye Moody, is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Professor Dumbledore explains that the reason no Quidditch Cup will be held is because the Triwizard Tournament will be hosted at Hogwarts this year. It’s a competition between the 3 wizarding schools of Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons. A School Champion is selected and competes in a series of tests for the honor of his or her school. Professor Dumbledore tells the students that there will be an age limit – the witch or wizard have to be of age (17) – since the tests are difficult and dangerous. Fred and George immediately start plotting on how they’re going to fool the impartial judge and get into the tournament.

“I mean, you’re not supposed to see them, are you? That’s the mark of a good house-elf, isn’t it, that you don’t know it’s there?”

What happened to Dennis Creevey on his way across the lake with Hagrid? He fell in the lake

Tuesday 29th May – 53 days

Chapter 9: The Dark Mark
In this chapter... All the Weasley family, Harry and Hermione go back to their tents, still talking what a magnificent match it was. That night, when everybody is asleep, pandemonium breaks out on the campground.. The Muggle campground manager and his family are being taunted and jinxed by wizards and witches. Mr. Weasley sends them off into the forest so he can go and help rescue the Muggles.
In the forest, Harry is dismayed to find he’s lost his wand, leaving him feeling very vulnerable. Draco Malfoy is also in the forest – he enjoys taunting Hermione – calling her a Mudblood (not from a pure-blood wizarding family) and telling her to look out for herslef. Harry suspects that Mr Malfoy are with the group of witches and wizards, taunting the Muggles.
Suddenly they hear a low voice hidden in the dark behind them utter an incantation. A gigantic skull made out of stars shoots into the sky, and terror breaks loose on the grounds. Diozens of witches and wizards have Apparated right next to Harry, Ron and Hermione and are shooting Stunning spells through the trees. Barty Crouch accuses Harry of conjuring the Dark Mark, which is Voldemort’s sign. Things get even more confusing when it’s later discovered that Crouch’s house-elf, Winky, was Stunned and was carrying Harry’s wand.
The Triio know that Winky didn’t conjure the Mark, but Crouch fires her anyway. When they get back to the campsite Harry discovers it was Death Eaters who were tormenting the Muggles. With much on his mind, it takes Harry a long time to fall asleep.

Three days ago – it felt like much longer, but it had only been three days – he had awoken with his scar burning. and tonight for the first time in thirteen years, Lord Voldemort’s mark had appeared in the sky. What did these things mean?

Who says he is about to become the youngest ever Minister of Magic to a couple of Veelas? Stan Shunpike

Chapter 10: Mayhem At The Ministry
In this chapter... Harry and the Weasley’s return to The Burrow, the next day. Mrs. Weasley in a frantic state, and she is overjoyed that they’re not dead. Mr Weasley, however, goes right back to work – there is a lot of work to be done. Rita Skeeter, a reporter from the Daily Prophet spreads rumors that bodies were discovered at the World Cup. The Ministry is in complete mayhem over the appearance of the Dark Mark
The Trio start to pack up their belongings to go back to school. Mrs. Weasley brings in their school supplies she picked up for them in Diagon Alley. Ron is horrified at the dress robes she picked out for him. They’re very old, moldy, and tattered – they are obviously second hand. He gets upset about being poor all the time, and shoves the robes angrily into his bag. Mrs Weasley got Harry a set a set of dress robes too, though his look more like fancy school robes, only green

“Now, Mum,” said Fred looking up at her, a pained look on his face. “If the Hogwarts Express crashed tomorrow, and George and I died, how would you feel to know that the last thing we ever heard from you was an unfounded accusation?”

What is special about the clock at the Weasley's home? It keeps track of the Weasley’s

Monday 28th May – 54 days

Chapter 7: Bagman and Crouch
In this chapter... Well Harry and the others release the boot; they find themselves in a campsite, full of witches and wizards. Most are dressed as Muggles, but some look more convincing than others. They are going to camp in magical tents – the tents look normal size from the outside but they are enchanted to look like a three-room flat complete with a kitchen and bathroom. As Harry, Ron and Hermione go to get water, they see lots of international witches and wizards. They see friends from school – including Seamus Finnigan, Cho Chang and the old Gryffindor Quidditch captain, Oliver Wood, who has just joined Puddlemere United Quidditch team. The Quidditch final is Ireland against Bulgaria. Bulgaria has a excellent Seeker by the name of Viktor Krum.
Harry meets Ludo Bagman, Head of the Magical Games and Sports Department at the Ministry. Fred and George bet their entire savings against Bagman that Ireland will win but Krum will get the Golden Snitch. Later in the evening, Harry meets Barty Crouch, Percy’s boss.. Harry buys a number of very cool souvenirs, and then when it’s finally time for the match to start they head off towards the stadium.

“Just put them on, Archie, there’s a good chap, you can’t walk around like that, the Muggle on the gate’s already getting suspicious…”
“I brought this in a Muggle shop,” said the old wizard stubbornly. “Muggles wear them.”
“Muggle woman wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,” said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped trousers.
“I’m not putting them on,” said old Archie in indignation, “I like a healthy breeze around my privates, thanks.”

What item of clothing was Archie wearing? Long flowery nightgown

Chapter 8: The Quidditch World Cup
In this chapter... Harry and the Weasley’s, with Hermione, head for the Quidditch stadium. They have got the best seats, in the Top Box. When they get into the Box, Harry thinks he sees Dobby up there. But it is a female house-elf, Winky. She is saving a seat for her Master. It is very hard for Harry and the others to ignore Draco, his father and his mother, when they also enter the Top Box. They are Cornelius Fudge’s (the Minister of Magic) guest – Lucius Malfoy has just given a large donation to St. Mungo’s hospital.
The Ireland mascots are leprechauns. They fly in the sky, scattering gold coins at the spectators. The Bulgarian mascots are veela, beautiful women who make men do anything to impress them. The Quidditch match is amazing and so are the players. Harry sees lots of new Quidditch moves. The match gets more brutal as it progresses, and finally ends in a stunning twist: Ireland win but the Bulgarian Seeker, Viktor Krum, gets the Snitch.

“Wild!” he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. “I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again…and again…and again…”

What was the nationality of the wizard who refereed the final of the Quidditch World Cup? Egyptian

Sunday 27th May – 55 days

Chapter 5: Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
In this chapter... Harry returns to the Weasley’s home, The Burrow. He meets the two older Weasley boys for the first time. Charlie works in Romania with dragons, while Bill works for Gringotts bank. Mr Weasley is not impressed by Fred and George’s trick sweets – the sweet that Dudley took was a Ton Tongue Toffee. Fred and George have been inventing tricks etc, in their room all summer. They had planned to sell them at Hogwarts, until Mrs Weasley found out.
Over dinner, Harry learns all about the coming Quidditch World Cup. Harry can’t wait to see his first professional Quidditch match. Over an amazingly delicious dinner that night they discuss the upcoming match. Percy now works at the Ministry of Magic – his boss is a Mr Crouch. He is veru annoying by hinting about his knowledge about a secret event that will take place at Hogwart’s this year, only he won’t give them hints as to what it is.

“That was a sample of fertilizer from Norway!” said Percy, going very red in the face. “It was nothing personal!”
“It was,” Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. “We sent it.”

Where does the gnome hide from Crookshanks? In a Wellington boot

Chapter 6: The Portkey
In this chapter... The next day, Harry and the rest of the Weasley family prepare to start off for the Quidditch World Cup. Mrs Weasley is going to get Harry’s things, what he needs from Diagon Alley. Percy, Charlie and Bill are meeting the rest of the Weasley’s at the match a little later – they are able to Apparate there.
Harry learns that they’ll be taking a Portkey to the match. The group meet up with Cedric Diggory – the Hufflepuff Quidditch Seeker, and his father, Amos. They are going to the Quidditch World Cup too. Cedric, , is embarrassed when his father insults Harry, and declares Cedric is a better Quidditch plyer than Harry. This is in reference to when Hufflepuff beat Gryffindor the revious year, when Harry fell off his broom. When the time comes they all grasp a manky old boot and are jerked away towards the World Cup.

“Cedric’s talked about you, of course,” said Amos Diggory. “Told us all about playing against you last year…I said to him, I said – Ced, that’ll be something to tell your grandchildren that will…you beat Harry Potter!”

Where does Amos Diggory work? Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures

Leaky Predictions

Saturday 26th May – 56 days

Chapter 3: The Invitation
In this chapter... Dudley has been put on a strict holiday, for the summer, which means the whole Dursley family is on a diet – including Harry. However, Harry gets supplies from Ron, Hermione, Hagrid and Sirius. As breakfast finishes, the post arrives. Uncle Vernon os extremely annoyed – Mrs Weasley has sent Harry a letter and the envelope is nearly full of postage stamps. The Weasley’s invite Harry to the Quidditch World Cup, and volunteer to come pick him up at the Dursley’s if he’s allowed to go. They will collect him the next day. Begrudgingly Uncle Vernon allows him to go. Harry races upstairs to eat a decent breakfast of birthday cake, feeling enormously happy. He sends a letter to Sirius and to Ron.

He held up the envelope in which Mrs Weasley’s letter had come, and Harry had to fight down a laugh. Every bit of it was covered in stamps except for a square inch on the front, into which Mrs Weasley had squeezed the Dursleys’ address in minute writing.
“She did put enough stamps on, then” said Harry, trying to sound as though Mrs Weasley’s was a mistake anyone could make.

What did Hagrid send Harry when Harry told him the Dursleys were on a diet? Rock cakes

Chapter 4: Back to the Burrow
In this chapter... The next day, Harry awaits the Weasley’s. He is worried what the Dursleys might say to his friends. Pandemonium breaks loose when the Weasley’s show up in the fireplace. They have used Floo Powder. The only problem is,is that the Dursleys fireplace is blocked up so the Weasleys are trapped in the chimney. The Weasleys blast their way into the Dursley’s living room. Ron, Fred and George have come with Mr Weasley. Just as the Weasleys are leaving with Harry, Fred and George "accidently" let some jinxed sweets fall from their pockets. Dudley, starving from his diet, immediately eats one. His tongue begins to grow at an alarming rate. Uncle Vernon almost comes to blows with Mr. Weasley as he tries to sort it out, and Harry escapes through the fire to the Burrow, laughing fit to burst.

Ron’s voice now joined the others’.
“What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?”
“Oh no, Ron,” cane Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up.”

What happens to Dudley after he eats one of the toffees that drop out of Fred Weasley's pocket? His tongue turns purple and grows until its four feet long

Friday 25th May – 57 days

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released in 2000. In 2005, the film of the same name was released.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Chapter 1: The Riddle House
In this chapter... Instead of starting the story from Harry’s perspective, we learn a little about a small village called Little Hangleton. Fifty years ago, in this village, three people were apparently murdered: Mr. and Mrs. Riddle, and their son, Tom. There was no sign how they died. The caretaker of the Riddle house is Frank Bryce. He was suspected of killing the Riddles but nothing was proven. One night, Frank sees a light in the Riddle House. Convinced that kids have broken into the mansion, Frank goes to investigate. When Frank gets inside the house, however, he he finds a very different type of burglar. Unbeknownst to old Frank, a very weak Lord Voldemort has returned to the house of his father with the assistance of his servant, Wormtail. Frank listens to their conversation, although he doesn’t understand most of it. They talk about a woman named Bertha Jorkins, who the Lord has apparently murdered, and a “faithful servant” who will soon rejoin them. They mention the Quidditch World Cup too. As Lord Voldemort discusses his future plans with Wormtail, Nagini, Voldemort’s snake, discovers Frank’s hiding spot in the hallway. Frank’s terror at seeing the mangled body of Voldemort is the last thing he knows.

There was a flash of green light, a rushing sound, and Frank Bryce crumpled. He was dead before he hit the floor.

What was the pub that the cook went to, to tell the story? "The Hanged Man"

Chapter 2: The Scar
In this chapter... Harry Potter awakes suddenly, his scar searing in pain. He has just had a very disturbing dream. He saw, in his dream, Voldemort was alive, in a room with his servant Wormtail and an old man Harry didn’t know. Harry thinks Lord Voldemort and Wormtail were plotting to kill someone…and he thinks it was him! Harry is still at the Dursleys for the summer. Ron and Hermione has witten to him a few times – the Quidditch World Cup is soon. The Dursleys don’t treat Harry quite as badly – they allow him to keep his wizarding school things in his bedroom, because they are frightened, now Harry has a murderer for a Godfather. Harry decides to write to his godfather, Sirius, and let him know what happened and if curse scars searing with pain is a normal thing.

But their attitude has changed since they found out that Harry has a dangerous murderer for a Godfather – Harry had conveniently forgotten to tell them that Sirius was innocent.

The Dursleys no longer kept Harry's school things locked up in the cupboard under the stairs. What made them change their attitude? Harry had a godfather who had been imprisoned for murder

Thursday 24th May – 58 days

Chapter 20: The Dementor’s Kiss
In this chapter... As everybody makes their way to the castle, Sirius tells Harry he is his Godfather. When Sirius’s name is cleared, Harry is more than welcome to come and live with him…unless he’d like to stay with his Aunt and Uncle. Harry is overjoyed at this thought, and can’t remember feeling happier.
Suddenly, Lupin begins transforming into a werewolf. It is a full moon and he didn’t take his potion that evening. Sirius urges them all to escape, then turns into a dog, to protect them from Lupin. Pettigrew, while all this is happening, manages to turn back into his rat form and escapes to freedom.
Harry is terrified to find that Sirius has been surrounded by dementors. Harry tries to fend them off with the Patronus Chame but it isn’t strong enough. Just as one of them is about to kiss Harry and suck out his soul for good, someone jumps out of the bushes and repels them all away with a huge Patronus Charm. Harry feebly looks at him, and then passes out.

“Are you insane?” said Harry, his voice easily as croaky as Black’s. “Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?”

Where does Professor Lupin hide when they get into Hogwarts grounds? Forbidden Forest

Chapter 21: Hermione’s Secret
In this chapter... Harry wakes up in the hospital wing. Hermione and Ron are there too. Harry learns from Cornelius Fudge that they have Sirius locked and that the dementors will be giving him a kiss any minute. Professor Snape is very vague about what happened in the Shieking Shack. He says that the Trio attacked him. Harry tries to tell Fudge of Sirius’s innocence and Pettirgrew’s betrayal, but Fudge won’t listen. When Professor Dumbledore shows up, the Trio has a spark of hope.
Professor Dumbledore forms a plan that will free more than one innocent life that evening. Harry learns how Hermione has been getting to all her lessons – she has been using a Time-Turner. A Time-Turner makes you turn back time. Harry and Hermione go back in times to three hours ago. Ron is still injured with his leg. Harry and Hermione rescue Buckbeak from his execution. Harry also saves himself from the dementors. He performs a magnificant Patronus Charm. Then Hermione and Harry fly Buckbeak to where Sirius is locked up. Sirius thanks them with all his heart and flies away into the night on Buckbeak’s back.

“I knew I could do it this time,” said Harry, “because I’d already done it…Does that make sense?”

On what floor does Professor Dumbledore tell Harry and Hermione that Professor Flitwick's office (where Sirius Black is being held) is on? Seventh

Chapter 22: Owl Post Again
In this chapter... Harry and Hermione just make it back into the hospital wing before the three hours are up. Fudge and Professor Snape are livid when they find out that Sirius escaped, but they certainly don’t suspect Harry and Hermione. They are sure that they never left their hospital beds.
The next day, Hagrid tells Harry, Ron and Hermione that Professor Lupin has resigned. It is not worth teaching at Hogwarts now that everybody knows he is a werewolf. Harry tries to pursuade Lupin to stay on but to no avail. However, Lupin gives him back his Invisability Cloak – it was left near the Whomping Willow – and, seeming he is no longer his teacher, the Maurauders Map back.
Harry discusses what he saw, when he preformed the Patronus Charm, with Professor Dumbledore. He was sure that it was his father – his patronus seems to be a stag – and Dumbledore says that ones that we love never really leave up. The spirit of James of Potter was around last night, in James. Harry tells Dumbledore, about how Professor Trelawnley made the prediction that the Dark Lord will rise again. Dumbledore is impressed – this seems to make two predictions that Professor Trelawnley had got right. And, says Professor Dumbledore, although Peter Pettigrew has probably returned to Lord Voldemort, one day Harry will be pleased that he spared Peter’s life. For now, Peter has a life debt to Harry.
Hermione tells Harry and Ron, on their way home, that she has dropped Muggle Studies. She realises she was doing to many lessons. They are all surprised when a small owl shows up outside their carraige window. It has a letter from Sirius. Sirius says that it was him that sent Harry the Firebolt, and he also encloses a signed permission form that will allow Harry to visit Hogsmeade next year. Sirius suggests that Ron can have the owl, since Scabbers is no longer his pet rat.
Harry is sad, to return to Privet Drive. However, Ron tells Harry that the Quidditch World Cup is this summer and that Harry might be able to go with him. Harry gets a last laugh when Uncle Vernon is shocked and frightened to learn Harry has an escaped prisoner as a godfather who will be checking in on Harry’s happiness.

“Professor Dumbledore – yesterday, when I was having my Divination exam, Professor Trelawney went very – very strange.”
“Indeed?” said Dumbledore. “Er – stranger than usual, you mean?”

What item, apart from the Marauder’s Map, does Professor Lupin hand to Harry before leaving? Harry’s Invisibility Cloak

Wednesday 23rd May – 59 days

Chapter 16: Professor Trelawney’s Prediction
In this chapter... It is exam time. Harry, Ron and Hermione are rather distracted, as Harry the execution of Buckbeak, the Hippogriff is scheduled for the end of the week, and Hagrid is very depressed and preoccupied.
During his Transfiguration exam, Professor Trelawney surprises Harry with a real prediction. She slips into a trance and announces that the Dark Lord’s servant will escape tonight and rejoin his master. This person will assit the Dark Lord will help him rise again. When she comes to she remembers nothing.
Hagrid sends the Trio a note, telling them that Buckbeak lost his appeal and that he’ll be executed at sunset. The Trio don’t want Hagrid to go through this alone, so slip down to his hut, under the Invisability Cloak. Hermione is shocked and amazed to find Scabbers hiding in Hagrid’s hut.. Professor Dumbledore, the Minister of Magic, another man and a exuctuioner is heading towards Hagrid’s hut. Hagrid send the Trio away. They sneak off back towards the castle. Scabbers is wriggling frantically in Ron’s pocket. The Trio hear the dull thud of the ax and Hagrid’s cries.

“Hermione!” said Lupin, startled. “What’s the matter?”
“P-P-Professor McGonagall!” Hermione gasped, pointing into the trunk. “Sh-she said I’d failed everything!”

What was the name of Buckbeak’s (supposed to be) executioner? Macnair

Chapter 17: Cat, Rat, and Dog
In this chapter... The Trio can’t believe that the executioner really killed Buckbeak. Suddenly Scabbers starts going crazy. He bites Ron and then takes off through the grass, followed closely by Crookshanks.Ron runs after him and rescues him, replacing the rat in his pocket. Suddenly, the giantic black dog – the one Harry jas been seeing all year – appears. It attacks Ron and drags him out of sight, into the Whomping Willow.
Hermione and Ron are panic stricken – they can’t figure out how to get the Whomping Willow. Crookshanks shows them the way. There is a tunnel that leads to the Shrieking Shack. They find Ron upstairs Ron tries to tell his friends that Sirius Black is the great black dog, - he is a Animagus, he can change into a animal at will. However, before he can do so, Sirius Black disarms them all.
Harry rages at Sirius, telling him that he betrayed his parents. Harry gets has his wand back and Black is cornered, Black tries to explain that there’s more to the story but Harry doesn’t want to listen. The Trio and Sirius are interupted by Professor Lupin, who disarms Harry and helps Sirius to his feet. Lupin seems pleased ro see Sirius. Hermione tells them all that Lupin is a werewolf. Lupin says that the Trio need to hear the full story, and starts explaining. He tells them that the story starts with Ron’s rat, Scabbers. He says that Scabbers is really a wizard by the name of Peter Pettigrew, who is supposed to be dead. Peter was supposed to be killed by Sirius.

“Oh, help, help,” Hermione whispered frantically, dancing uncertainly on the spot, “please…”
Crookshanks darted forward. He slithered between the battering branches like a snake and placed his front paws upon a knot on the trunk.

What does “Nox” do? Extinguish light on the wand

Chapter 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, And Prongs
In this chapter... Professor Lupin starts the story. He was bitten by a werewolf when he was a child – every full moon, he turns into a werewolf. This is why his Boggart is a full moon. All the teachers at Hogwarts know that he is one. Lupin tells the Trio about when he was at school. He had three best friends – Sirius, James (Harry’s father) and Peter Pettigrew. His three friends became unregistered Animagi to help him during his transformations. There is a reason why Professor Snape is not fond of Lupin, and why he hated Harry’s father. Snape was at school with Lupin and the others. Snape was almost killed one night when Sirius put him in harm’s way during one of Lupin’s transformations, and it was James that pulled him back and saved his life. Just as Lupin as finishing this tale, Professor Snape appears in the dootway and disarms them all.

Then Ron voiced what Harry was thinking. “You’re both mental.”

Were Sirius Black and James Potter in their first, third, fifth or sixth years when they managed to turn into animals? Fifth year

Chapter 19: The Servant Of Lord Voldemort
In this chapter... Professor Snape seems deranged with anger. He plans to take both Professor Lupin and Sirius Black to the castle, with the Trio – of course the Trio will be expel;ed. Snape wants the dementors kill Black by their fatal kiss. And Lupin won’t have a job much longer when everybody learns he is a werewolf. Hermione pleads with Snape to let Lupin finish the story, which might prove Sirius’s innocence. Snape refuses. Professor Snape is knocked out by the force of the three spells.
Lupin finishes his story, telling them that it was Pettigrew that had betrayed Harry’s parent’s, not Sirius. Sirius and Peter swapped roles – Peter was the Potter’s Secret Keeper. Sirius never told Lupin that they swapped roles, as he was afraid that Lupin betrayed the Potters. The Trio finally believe this long and complicated story. Lupin forces Scabbers reveal himself to his true form. The Trio are all amazed when the rat turns into the short, balding Peter Pettigrew. Peter finally admits to selling James and Lily Potter out to Voldemort. Peter seems terrified – especailly of Sirius. Harry believes Sirius. He begs Sirius and Lupin not to kill Pettigrew. They will take him to the castle, and let the dementors deal with them. They tie him up, and they head back up to the castle. Professor Snape is still out cold.

“Then you should have died!” roared Black. “Died rather than betray your friends as we would have done for you!”

What does the “Ferula” spell do? It conjures a sling for a broken limb

Tuesday 22nd May – 60 days

Chapter 13: Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
In this chapter... Harry plays his first Quidditch match on his Firebolt – not surprisingly, it is amazing. The Ravenclaw team’s Seeker is a girl – Cho Chang. Harry can’t help noticing how pretty she is. Three dementors show up and Harry doesn’t think twice. He shoots a massive Patronus Charm at them. He also catches the Snitch. The dementors were actually Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle dressed up as a cruel joke. Professor McGonagall is not at all amused by the Slytherin tactics.
There is a celebratory feast in the Gryffindor Common Room. .That night, Ron awakes everyone by his screaming. Ron insists that Sirius Black was standing over him with a knife Professor McGonagall questions the Sir Cadogen, the portrait, he admits that Sirius Black was admitted into the Common Room because he had the password on a little slip of paper. Neville shamefully admits to writing them all down, and then losing the paper.

“Which person,” she said, her voice shaking, “which abysmally foolish person wrote down this week’s passwords and left them lying around?”

Who, along with Malfoy, Goyle and Crabbe, dressed up as Dementors? Marcus Flint

Chapter 14: Snape’s Grudge
In this chapter... Neville is in total disgrace and gets a Howler from his Grandmother. On the next Hogsmeade visit, Harry decides to sneak there again, but this time, under his Invisability Cloak. Hermione, who is still not talking to Ron, does not approve of this at all. After a near miss from being discovered by Professor Snape and Neville – who is banned from visiting Hogsmeade – Harry slips into Hogsmeade, through the secret passage. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle torment Ron, near the Shrieking Shack. The Shreieking Shack is supposed to be haunted. Malfoy and his friends don’t know Harry is under his Cloak and Harry can’t resist pelting them with mud. Right at the end, however, Harry’s hood slips off his head and Malfoy sees him. Harry tears back up to Hogwarts before Malfoy can tell on him, and barely makes it back in time.
Professor Snape meets Harry in Hogwarts – Harry is only just made it back in time. Snape questions Harry about being in Hogsmeade. Snape then discovers the Marauders Map that Harry is carrying. He can’t figure out how to get it to work. The Map insults Snape. Snape calls for Professor Lupin. Lupin and covers for Harry, butconfiscating the map himself. Lupin seems to know the people who made the Map – Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs. Just when Harry can’t feel any worse, Hermione informs him and Ron that Hagrid lost his case and that Buckbeak is indeed going to be executed.

“What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?” said Snape softly. “Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade.”

Who wrote the note “WAIT FOR ME IN THE ENTRANCE HALL, YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED OUT ON YOUR OWN” to Harry and Ron? Hagrid

Chapter 15: The Quidditch Final
In this chapter... Ron and Hermione finally make friends again. Ron resolves to help Hermione save Buckbeak. Hermione slaps Malfoy when she hears him criticising Hagrid and suddenly slaps him. She manages to missing the Charms lesson – learning about Cheering Charms – even though she was right behind Harry and Ron when entering the class. Even more suprising – she walks out of the Divination class and tells Professor Trelawney how rubbish Divination is.
It is the Quidditch match final tensions are high. It is Gryffindor against Slytherin. Harry is frightened, when, the night before the match, when, he again sees the the Grim. This time the shaggy dog is walking with Crookshanks on the grounds. Gryffindor play spectaculally in the match and they they win the Quidditch Cup.

”I don’t need help,” Ron whispered. “It’s obvious what this means. There’s going to be loads of fog tonight”

Who caused Harry to blush when she wished him good luck just before the match against Slytherin? Cho Chang

Monday 21st May – 61 days

Chapter 10: The Marauder’s Map
In this chapter... Harry realises that the screaming that he hears, when there are Dementors around, is his mother – right before she was killed by Lord Voldemort, pleading for him to spare her child. Malfoy enjoys teasing Harry about the Dementor when Harry returns to school. Christmas is drawing close. Ron and Hermione are staying at Hogwarts – Harry knows it is to keep him company. Professor Lupin explains a little about dementors. They force people to reliev their worst memories. Harry has had more horrors in his life than mosr other people. Lupin promises to teach him to hoe defend himself, at a dementor attack, after Christmas.
There is another Hogsmead visit just before Christmas. Hermione and Ron go off, leaving Harry at Hogwarts. Not for long however! Fred and George have stayed behind, to assist him to get into Hogsmead. before break finds Harry downcast over not being able to go again. They give him a secret map of Hogwarts that shows all the secret passages out of school. The map also shows the location of every person, ghost, animal and more in Hogwarts castle. The map is called the Maurauders Map – it was invented by a Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prong. Fred and George “borrowed” the map from Filch’s office, in their first year,
Harry uses one of the passageways to sneak into Hogsmead. Hermione and Ron are amazed to see him. It is snowing hard so they head to The Three Broomsticks pub for a few butterbeers. However, Professor McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid and Cornelius Fudge come into the pub, and sit right in front of the trio. Harry hides under the table. The trio hear them talking about Sirius Black. Sirius Black was James Potter’s – Harry’s dad – best friend at school. This lasted through the years, Sirius was best man when James married Lily. He was even godfather to Harry.. Professor Dumbledore learned that Lord Voldemort knew when James and Lily were – James and Lily were against Lord Voldemort – so James made Sirius his Secret Keeper and suggested the Fidelius Charm. Sirius was the one who betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort. A week after Sirius became the Secret Keeper, James and Lily were murdered. Hagrid remembers when he went to Godric’s Hollow – where the Potter’s lived – to collect Harry after Voldemort attacked Lily and James. He was to take Harry to Privet Drive – on Dumbledore’s orders. Hagrid says Sirius was there too – and leant Hagrid his flying motor bike to take Harry to Privet Drive. The following day, Peter Pettigrew, another schoolfriend of James and Sirius, cornered Sirius. Sirius murdered not only Wormtail, but also twelve Muggles, who were hanging around, before he was appreheneded by Ministry officials and sent to Azkaban.
Cornelius Fudge had been to see Sirius, in Azkaban, just before he escaped. Azkaban usually send people completely mad – it is guarded by dementors – but Sirius seemed completely sane, and even asked for Fudge’s newspaper so he could do the crossword. The Professors, Hagrid and Fudge leave the pub. The trio are left totally stunned to what they have overheard.

“Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe them so much.”

When Pettigrew was killed, what was Cornelius Fudge's position in the Department of Magical Catastrophes? Junior Minister

Chapter 11: The Firebolt
In this chapter... It is the Christmas holidays. Harry realises that he hates Harry Harry doesn’t really know how to deal with this new information. He realizes he hates Sirius Black for what he did. At the end of his first year of Hogwarts, Hagrid gave Harry a photograph album of his parents. There is even one of Sirius, at his parents wedding.
The Trio go to see Hagrid. Harry planned to question Hagrid about Sirius Balckbothered to tell Harry anything about Black, but Hagrid tells him that Buckbeak, the hippogriff that attacked Malfoy, will be put to death in a few months.. Hermione promises to help Hagrid in his defense against Buckbeak.
On Christmas morning, Harry opens his present. He is totally stunned – and so is Ron – to unwrap a brand new Firebolt. There is no name attactched to the broomstick.Hermione comes into the boys dormotory with presents, and with Crookshanks. Crookshanks attempts to attack Scabbers, again, which greatly annoys Ron. The pocket sneakascope – the present that Ron sent Harry for his birthday – falls out of Harry’s trunk and spins and whistles eeriely. Harry quickly puts it away again.
The Christmas feast is over. Professor Lupin was too ill to attend. Later on, Professor McGonagall enters the Gryffindor common room, to look at the Firebolt – Hermione told her about it. McGonagall quickly takes away the broom – it might be jinxed.Harry and Ron are exceedingly annoyed with Hermione. She explains that thinks that Sirius Black sent Harry the broom as a trap.

With a bang like a gunshot, the cracker flew apart to reveal a large, pointed witch’s hat topped with a stuffed vulture. Harry, remembering the Boggart, caught Ron’s eye and they both grinned; Snape’s mouth thinned and he pushed the hat toward Dumbledore, who swapped it for his wizard’s hat at once.

Which Professor surprisingly joined the others for Christmas dinner? Professor Trelawney

Chapter 12: The Patronus
In this chapter... Harry is still upset with Hermione, what she did about the Firebolt despite her good intentions. Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, promises to try are presuade Professor McGonagall – he isdelighted that he will have a Firebolt on his team! Harry starts his private lessons with Professor Lupin. Harry is anxious to learn Lupin how to defend himself against the dementors. They might come to the next Quidditch match. The spell to defend yourself against a dementor is the Patronus Charm. This is a guardian of happy thoughts that fights against the dementor. Lupin provides a Boggart for Harry to practice on. Harry find it very difficuult to perform the charm.He keeps hearing the night his parents were murdered.
Harry is slowly making progress with the Patronus Charm. Lupin is quite proud of him. Lupin says that he knew Harry’s parents – he was good friends with James. Harry says he must had also knew Sirius Black too. Lupin relucantly admits that he did. Professor McGonagall gives him back his Firebolt. Lots of tests have been done on it, and it seems to be safe to use. Harry makes friends with Hermione again. However Hermione and Ron get into another huge fight when Ron finds blood on his bed sheets and little cat hairs around them. He accuses Crookshanks of eating Scabbers.

Professor Trelawney was now teaching them palmistry, and she lost no time in informing Harry that he had the shortest lifeline she had ever seen.

What charm did Professor Lupin privately teach Harry to master? Patronus Charm

Sunday 20th May – 62 days

Chapter 7: The Boggart In The Wardrobe
In this chapter...It is rumoured that Sirius Black has been sighted, Malfoy is still acting the injured hero – but the trio aren’t convinced that he is as injured as he says he is. Malfoy also drops mysterious hints to Harry about Sirius Black. It makes Harry wonder what Draco knows that he doesn’t.
The third years have their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Lupin. Lupin takes the class to the staff-room to battle their first boggart. A boggart is a a shape-shifting creature that turns into whatever you’re most afraid of. Laughter is the best way to get rid of it – you have to make it turn into something you consider funny. Neville is nervous, when Lupin asks him to go first. His greatest fear is Professor Snape – not suprising as Snape bullies Neville about his poor Potion making, But Lupin manages to make Neville think of Professor Snape is his grandmothers clothes, complete with vulture hat and red handbag. Neville very easily gets rid of the biggart Snape with this. Everyone is successful except for Harry. When it comes to his turn Lupin steps in and gets rid of it before Harry can even test his skills against it. Lupin’s boggart, curiously enough, seems to be a cystal ball. Hermione, to her disappointment, does not get the opportunity to get rid of her boggart.
This is a absolutely fantastic chapter, full of details and we see Neville beginning to come out of himself.

“What would you say is the thing that frightens you most in the world?” Neville’s lips moved, but no noise came out. “Didn’t catch that, Neville, sorry,” said Professor Lupin cheerfully.
Neville looked around rather wildly, as though begging someone to help him, then said, in barely more that a whisper, “Professor Snape.”

What colour handbag does Neville’s grandmother usually carry? Red (Crimson)

Chapter 8: Flight Of The Fat Lady
In this chapter... Harry still wonders why Lupin did not want him to battle the boggart. Harry thinks Lupin didn’t think that Harry had the strength to face the creature he most fears. Crookshanks, Hermiones cat, keeps trying to eat Scabbers, Ron’s rat. This causes argruments between the pair, with Harry in the middle. But then again, cats always like chasing rats don’t they?…
The Quidditch season finally starts and the first visit to Hogsmead is arranged for Hallowe’en. But, seeming Harry hasn’t had his permission form signed by his guardians, he can’t go. Professor McGonagall says it is a shame, but she can’t allow Harry to go. Professor McGonagall is also concerned about Harry practising Quidditch in the evenings with Sirius Black loose. It is the first Quiddicth match of the season soon. It is usually Gryffindor against Slytherin. But Draco’s “injury” has made the Slytherin’s cancel the match. Draco is the Slytherin seeker. So it is going to be Gryffindor against Hufflepuff.
When the Hogsmead trip comes, Hogwarts is emptier than usual, seeming the pupils from third year upwards are allowed to go to Hogsmead. Harry wanders aimlessly atound the castle, and Lupin invites him to have a cup of tea with him. Harry finally voices his bewilderment about the boggart. He questions Lupin about why he didn’t allow him to fight it. Lupin admits that he was afraid the boggart would turn into Lord Voldemort and scare everyone. Harry says that he’s more afraid of the dementors than Voldemort. Professor Lupin isn’t looking very well. Professor Snape brings him a pick-me-up that he has brewwed himself – the Wolfsbane potion.
Ron and Hermione bring Harry loads of goodies from Hogsmead. At the Halloween Feast they all stuff themselves full of delicious food. After the feast, and when they return to their Common Room however, they discover the Fat Lady has disappeared and her portrait has been shredded. The Fat Lady guards Gryffindor tower. Professor Dumbledore is sent for immediately. Peeves informs the headmaster that the Fat Lady refused Sirius Black entrance when he didn’t know the password, and that he cut up her painting in his rage.

“Professor Snape has very kindly concocted a potion for me,” he said. “I have never been much of a potion-brewer and this one is particualy complex.” He picked up the goblet and sniffed it. “Pity sugar makes it useless,” he said, taking a sip and shuddering.

Whom did Katie, Alicia and Angelina giggle about in Quidditch practice? Cedric Diggory the Hufflepuff Captain

Chapter 9: Grim Defeat
In this chapter... The whole school sleeps in the Great Hall on Hallowe’en night, while the professors search the school for Sirius Black. There is no sign of him and the school is rife with gossip about how he got into the school. Hogwarts is well protected – and not only by Dementors.
Professor Snape takes the next Denfense Against the Dark Arts lessons, to the Gryffindors horror. Apparently, Professor Lupin is too ill to teach it. Snape snears at what Lupin has taught the class so far. He deliberately goes to the back of the textbook and questions to class on werewolves – it is obvious that they haven’t had time to learn about them yet. He takes points of Harry for being late to class, points of Hermione for knowing the answers about werewolves and puts Ron on detention for standing up for Hermione, after Snape calls her a “insufferable know-it-all”.
The day of the first Quidditch match arrives, The weather is terrible – a raging storm and torrential rain. Harry can’t see anything because of the torrential rain. Hermione puts a water repellent spell on Harry’s glasses which helps a little. Harry is horrified, while flying around, looking for the Snitch, to see a great black dog – the same he saw in Magnolia Cresent – in the stands. Harry knows it is a Grim – a omen of death. There is also about a hundred dementors on the grounds. His head is filled with screams and shouting. Harry passes out.
Harry regains conciousness in the hospital wing. He learns that Cedric Diggory got the Snitch just as Harry collapsed and that they lost the game. Diggory did want to forfeit the game, but Hufflepuff won fair and square, Harry finds out from Ron and Hermione that his broom was destroyed when he fell off. It drifted into the Whomping Willow and was beaten to splinters.

“Honestly, am I the only person who’s ever bothered to read Hogwarts, A History?” said Hermione crossly to Harry and Ron.
“Probably,” said Ron. “Why?”

When Professor Snape assigns Harry's Defence Against the Dark Arts class to begin studying werewolves, Hermione comments that they're due to start learning about what kind of creature? Hinkypunks

Saturday 19th May – 63 days

Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron
In this chapter... Harry is able to do his homework in the bright sunshine at Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor and has fun people watching. Florean, the owner of the shop, even assists Harry with his homework about medevil withburnings. Harry sees that a new broom has come out, The Firebolt, in Quality Quidditch Supplies. It’s the best model available, and Harry has to muster all his strength not to spend his money on the superb broom.
Harry meets up with Ron and Hermione at last. They are also staying at the Leaky Cauldron too. Hermione buys a cat, Crookshanks, from the Magical Menagerie. Crookshanks seems to take a instant dislike to Scabbers, Ron’s rat. Ron buys some rat tonic for Scabbers, who has been looking sickly.
After dinner that night, Harry overhears Mr and Mrs Weasley having an argument about him. Harry learns that Sirius Black has a vendetta against him, and might be coming to Hogwarts to kill him. He also learns that dementors have been stationed outside Hogwarts for protection against Black.

“I thought we’d seen the worst when we bought two hundred copies of the Invisible Book Of Invisibility – cost a fortune, and we never found them…”

What is a new school subject for Harry’s third year – Potions, Care of Magical Creature or Defence Against the Dark Arts? Care of Magical Creatures

Chapter 5: The Dementor
In this chapter... It’s time to return to Hogwarts. As theWeasley’s, Harry and Hermione board the Hogwarts Express, Mr Weasley takes Harry aside. He tries to tell Harry to be careful, and Harry admits that he overheard the argument the night before and that he’s not that afraid. Harry tells Ron and Hermione about Black’s vendetta. There is a middle-aged man sharing their compartment – the initials on his case says Professor R. J. Lupin. Harry, Hermione and Ron guess that this is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) teacher.
At dusk, the train stops unexpectedly. They haven’t reached the station yet. All the lights go out. They barely make out someone boarding the train. Then the mysterious thing opens their car door. Harry hears screaming and then collapses onto the floor. When he comes to he feels very sick and very ashamed. No one else collapsed or got so sick. Ginny and Neville have also entered the compartment. Professor Lupin tells him it was a dementor that came onto the train, and that they suck all the happiness out of people. He gives everybody in the compartment chocolate – it helps them recover from a Dementor attack.
Malfoy is positively gleeful when he hears that Harry collapsed on the train, and immediately starts imitating him. At the welcoming feast, Professor Dumbledore announces that Professor Lupin is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and that Hagrid has been promoted to Care of Magical Creatures professor. Also, Dementors will be guarding Hogwarts, while Sirius Black is loose.

“Well, I am sorry to tell you that Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.”

What colour are the Ministry cars? Dark green

Chapter 6: Talons And Tea Leaves
In this chapter... It is the first day of lessons. Third year start lots of new lessons. Harry, Hermione seems to be trying to set a new record for doing lessons. There are times when she has 3 classes at once. She mysteriously doesn’t explain to Harry and Ron how she plans to accomplish this.
Harry, Ron and Hermione take their first ever Divination Class. They are taught by Professor Trelawnley. Harry is dismayed when Professor Trelawney predicts that Harry has the Grim in his teacup. The Grim is a black dog that is an omen of death, and this means Harry doesn’t have long to live. Harry remembers that he thought he saw a black dog, lurking in Magnolia Cresent, just before the Knight Bus arrived.
Hagrid seems eager to teach the third years about Magical creature. Unfortunately, the Gryffindors share this class with the Slytherins. The first magical creature is Hippogriffs – half bird, half horse. Harry is brave enough to approach one, called Buckbeak, and is allowed to fly him. The class take a disastrous turn when Malfoy, refusing to listen to Hagrid’s instructions, insults Buckbeak, and gets injured by one. Hagrid is devastated that his first class goes so badly. The trio cheer him up by telling him it’s all Malfoy’s fault for not listening to the directions.

“You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don’t let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in.”

When you approach a Hippogriff should you – wave at it, bow to it or fall to your knees? Bow to it

Friday 18th May – 64 days

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published on July 8, 1999. The film of the same name was released in May and June of 2004.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Chapter 1: Owl Post
In this chapter... We begin the book on Harry’s thirteenth birthday. He is doing his summer homework in the dead of night, in his bedroom, so that he doesn’t occur the wrath of the Dursleys. He gets birthday cards and presents from Ron, Hermione and Hagrid – delivered by his own Hedwig, Errol, the Weasley owl and another owl. Hermione sends him a broomstick servicing kit. She is spending her summer in France. Hagrid sends him a rather frightening book entitled “The Monster Book of Monsters” which attacks, and Ron sends him a Sneakoscope. Apparently, when there is anybody untrustworthy around, it lights up and spins. Ron tells Harry that Percy is going to be Head Boy at Hogwarts in September. Also, the Weasley family won 700 galleons, with the Daily Prophet prize draw. They are in Egypt at the moment, visiting Ron’s older brother, Bill. Both Ron and Hermione hope to see Harry in Diagon Alley when they are shopping for their new term at Hogwarts. You are allowed to visit the village of Hogsmeade, when you are a third year, but you have to have a permission form signed.

Deciding he’d worry about the Hogsmeade form when he woke up, Harry got back into bed and reached up to cross another day on the chart he’d made for himself. Counting down the days left until his return to Hogwarts.

What did Harry use to keep his “Monster Book of Monsters” book shut? A belt

Chapter 2: Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
In this chapter... There is a news report that there is a escape convict on the loose. Harry is dismayed to learn that Aunt Marge, Uncle Vernon’s sister, is coming to stay at Privet Drive. Marge has the same opinion of Harry as the other Dursleys – she openly detests Harry. . Harry makes a deal with Uncle Vernon, saying he’ll be as normal as possible while Marge is here if Uncle Vernon will sign his permission slip that will allow Harry to visit the village of Hogsmead during the weekends. Harry sends Hedwig to the Weasleys.
Marge delights in insulting Harry, and makes constant suggestions for his improvement. Her bulldog, Ripper, is almost as bad. Harry manages hold his temper until her last night there. Marge starts insulting Harry’s parents. Before he can help it, Harry swells Marge into a giant balloon and refuses to put her right again. He packs his trunk in a rage, and bolts out the door into the night.

“No, Vernon,” hiccoughed Aunt Marge, holding up a hand, her tiny bloodshot eyes fixed on Harry’s. “Go on, boy, go on. Proud of your parents are you? They go and get themselves killed in a car crash (drunk, I expect) …”
“They didn’t die in a car crash!” said Harry, who found himself on his feet

What school does Aunt Marge believe Harry goes to? Saint Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys

Chapter 3: The Knight Bus
In this chapter... Harry has left Privet Drive but has no idea to go next. He realizes he’s in a lot of trouble because he has just donedid illegal magic. Harry is sure he’s going to get expelled from Hogwarts. Harry feels as if he is being watched, as he stands in Magnolia Crescent. He makes out a hulking shape in an alleyway, glaring at him. Harry trips over his trunk and somehow manages to flag down the Knight Bus. The Knight Bus takes the stranded witch or wizard anywhere they want. The conductor is Stan Shunpike, and the driver is Ernie Prang. Harry calls himself Neville Longbottom – everybody knows Harry’s real name because of the Voldemort attack. Neville, of course, also attends Hogwarts, in the same year as Harry. Harry asks to go to Diagon Alley.
Harry reads in the Daily Prophet that a man, Sirius Black, has broken out of Azkaban and is very dangerous. He was a big supporter of Voldemort, and killed 13 people with one curse. He is the same person who was mentioned on the Muggle news.
When Harry finally gets to Diagon Alley he is met by the Minister of Magic himself, Cornelius Fudge. Harry was seen Fuyddge before – last year when he came to take Hagrid to Azkaban – but he was under the Invisability cloak then, with Ron. Fudge says that Aunt Marge has been restored to her correct size and her memory modified. Harry is amazed to learn that he is not going to be punished for doing magic. Harry will stay at the Leaky Cauldron Pub until he returns to Hogwarts.

“Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this eve – ”

How much is it to get hot chocolate, a hot water bottle, toothbrush and a bed on the Knight Bus? 15 Sickles

Thursday 17th May – 65 days

Chapter Sixteen: The Chamber of Secrets
In this chapter... Harry and Ron figures out that Moaning Myrtle is the girl that was killed the first time the Chamber was opened. The the first chance they get, they sneak off to her bathroom to question her Professor McGonagall catcjes them though. The boys tell her that they’re on their way to visit Hermione in the hospital wing. She accepts this, so the boys have no choice but go and visit with a Petrified Hermione. Harry spots a piece of paper in Hermione’s hand. It tells them what the beast in the Chamber is. It is a basilisk, which is a gigantic snake that petrifies people with it’s stare. Spiders are terrified of it – this is why the spiders are fleeing Hogwarts. And only the crow of the rooster kills it – this explains why Hagrid’s roosters have been killed. Hermione also wrote down the word “pipes”. This is how the beast is getting around the castle. Hermione and the others never looked at the basilisk in its eyes, this is why they have only been Petrified and not killed outright. Colin seen it through his camera, while Justin seen the Basilisk through Nearly Headless Nick. Nick could not die again, this is why he was Petirified. While Hermione and Penelope – the Ravenclaw prefect – only saw the basilisk through a mirror.
Harry and Ron head to the staff room to tell Professor McGonagall this new information but there is a tannouncement that all students must return to their common rooms, and the staff to the staff rooms. Harry and Ron hide in the staff room, in a wardrobe. Professor McGonagall says that Ginny Weasley has been taken captive by the monster and taken into the Chamber. The other professors ask Lockhart to find the monster since he’s always boasting about the things he’s done. Harry and Ron head to his office to tell him the new information. They find him about to run away, and he tells them that he never did any of the stuff he wrote about. He’s about to wipe their memory when Harry disarms him and they all troop to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom to question her.
Moaning Myrtle tells them how she died – she was crying in the toilets when she heard a boy in the toilets, speaking in a foreign language. When she peeped through the cubicle, she drowned, when she saw a basilisk. Myrtle tells them where they can find the beast. They open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, behind one of the sinks and they quickly set off through the tunnels to rescue Ginny. When Lockhart tries again to curse them and escape, Ron’s wand backfires on him and Harry and Ron get separated in the collapsed tunnel. Harry continues on to the Chamber, alone.

“So sorry – dozed off – what have I missed?”

Who was teasing Moaning Myrtle about her glasses just before she died? Olive Hornby

Chapter Seventeen: The Heir of Slytherin
In this chapter... Harry find Ginny in the chamber, unconscious. Tom Riddle is also there. Tom Riddle is there too and has stolen his wand. Tom is the one that has been behind this whole nasty affair. He possessed Ginny, and caused her to open the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny had been writing in the diary all year, and Tom took advantage of her through the diary. Harry discovers that Tom Riddle is really Lord Voldemort. Tom Riddle was his “Muggle” name.
Harry tells Riddle that Dumbledore is the best wizard there is. Fawkes, Dumbedore’s phoenix, suddenly shows up bearing the Sorting Hat. Harry is confused by this, he doesn’t know how a hat would help him defeat Riddle. Riddle calls forward the basilisk to kill him. Fawkes swoops down and pokes the baslisk’s eyes out.
Harry wishes there was someone down there to help him. The Sorting Hat spits forth a beautiful sword. The basilisk slithers over and bites Harry’s arm, sending deadly venom through his veins. Harry is sure he is dying. Riddle gloats over Harry. He has finally defeated the boy who managed to survive for twelve years. Fawkes flies over and cries over his arm, healing it instantly. Fawkes then grabs the diary and drops it in Harry’s lap. Not quite knowing why, Harry stabs the diary with the sword. This kills Riddle.
Harry and Ginny make their way back to Ron. Ginny is horrified over what she’s done. Fawkes helps them all out of the Chamber and they head immediately to Professor McGonagall’s office.

He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air, writing three shimmering words:
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves:
I Am Lord Voldemort

What jewels are in the sword? Rubies

Chapter Eighteen: Dobby's Reward
In this chapter... Ginny’s parents are also in Professor McGonagall’s office – together with Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. Harry tells Dumbledore that happened down in the Chamber. Ginny is not punished for being taken in by Voldemort. She is sent to the hospital wing to recover. Ron and Harry are frightened that they will be expelled from Hogwarts. However, Professor Dumbledore says that Ron and Harry will both be honored for their service to the school.
Dumbledore shows Harry that he truly belongs in Gryffindor because the sword that came out of the Sorting Hat was Godric Gryffindor’s sword. Lucius Malfoy enters the study, with a very frightened Dobby. He is not happy that Professor Dumbledore has taken up the post of Headmaster of Hogwarts again. Dobby helps Harry figure out that it was Lucius that passed Ginny the diary before school started in Flourish and Blotts.Lucius hid the diary in a Transfiguration book. Dumbledore advices Lucius not to try and get rid of any more of Lord Voldemort’s school belongings. Harry passes Lucius the diary back in a dirty sock. When Malfoy throws away the sock in disgust Dobby catches it and is set free. Malfoy is livid that Harry lost him his servant, but Dobby is more grateful than he can say for being freed. He seems devoted to Harry.
All the Petrified students – and the Gryffindor ghost – are restored to full health, with the help of the Mandrakes. Hermione is delighted that Ron and Harry figured out the mystery by themselves. She is not so delighted to learn that the end of year exams have been cancelled! Harry, and the rest of the Weasley’s learn why Percy has been so secretive all year. He has got himself a girlfriend – the Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater. Fred and George seem delighted at this information – perfect ammunition to torment Percy further with! As Harry sets off back to the Dursley’s he’s already looking forward to the end of the summer, when he can come back to Hogwarts.

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

Who does Harry say gave Ginny Weasley the diary when they were in a wizard’s bookshop? Lucius Malfoy

Wednesday 16th May – 66 days to go

Chapter Thirteen: The Very Secret Diary
In this chapter... Hermione has to stay in the hospital wing to recover, so Ron and Harry bring her her homework. One evening, after visiting Hermione, they heat Moaning Myrtle, in her bathroom, even more unhappy than usual. She tells the, that somebody throw a book at her. The book turns out to be a diary – it used to belong to a T. M. Riddle – and is from 50 years ago. Nobody has written in it however. Harry decides to keep it. Ron says that a T. M. Riddle got a special award – he has a trophy in the trophy room
Professor Lockhart organises some Valentine Day entertainment, with dwarves delivering singing valentines. Harry is highly embarassed by one of them, being read out in front of all the students, especailly with Draco Malfoy too – and Ginny Weasley seems just as embarrased too.
Harry decides to write in the old diary. He’s amazed when the diary starts writing back at him, talking to him using the ink. The boy, Tom Riddle, tells Harry that he caught the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets the first time, fifty years ago. He can show Harry exactly how it happened. Harry is pulled into the diary and is taken back fifty years. He learns that Tom was a half blood – Muggle father and witch Mother – and was brought up in a orphanage. Harry sees the previous Headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Dippet, and also a much younger Albus Dumbledore. Harry follows Tom into a secret passageway and is shocked beyond believe when he discovers it is Hagrid that is responsible for opening the Chamber the first time.

His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad;
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.

How did people who had read “Sonnets of a Sorcerer” speak for the rest of their lives? In limericks

Chapter Fourteen: Cornelius Fudge
In this chapter... The trio find it hard to believe that Hagrid had anything to do with opening the Chamber of Secrets, the first time. They decide not to question Hagrid about it yes – after all there has been no other attacks for a while now.
After a Quidditch Practice, Harry returns to the Gryffindor dormatory to find his trunk has been ranshacked. Nothing is missing except Tom Riddle’s diary. It is the day of the Hufflepuff versus Gryffindor Quidditch match. The match is cancelled by Professor McGonagall. There has been another double attack. She takes Harry and Ron to the hospital wing.. They’re shocked to find out that Hermione has been Petrified along with another Ravenclaw girl, Penelope Clearwater.
Security is tightened at Hogwarts – no students are allowed out on their own after 6 pm., Harry and Ron sneak to Hagrid’s house, under Harry’s invisability cloak, to ask him about opening the Chamber the first time. They hide quickly when someone else knocks on the door. Dumbledore and the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, come in, shortly followed by a gloating Lucius Malfoy. Hagrid is taken away to Azkaban as a “precaution”, and Dumbledore is asked to step down as Headmaster. Before he leaves, Hagrid gives the hidden Harry and Ron a mysterious hint, telling them to follow the spiders if they want more information. Ron is not pleased with this hint – he is absolutly terrified of spiders.

"However,” said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly, so that none of them could miss a word, “you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”

Through what device’s reflection had Hermione seen the Basilisk? A mirror

Chapter Fifteen: Aragog
In this chapter... Security is still tight. But at least Ernie Macmillan, a Hufflepuff, approaches Harry and says he believes in Harry – he is not the Heir of Slytherin. Harry and Ron find some spiders heading towards the Forbidden Forest. Harry and Ron go into the forest, with Fang, Hagrid’s boarhound, following the spiders. To their delight, they find the Ford Anglia – Arthur’s Weasley’s car, which brought them to Hogwarts way back in September – in the forest. Suddenly they’re captured by gigantic spiders and are taken back to a nest that is filled with thousands of other spiders.
The leader of the spiders is called Aragog. He tells the boys that Hagrid raised him from a tiny egg, and Hagrid hid him in Hogwarts when he was at school. Hagrid protected Aragog when the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago. Everybody believed Aragog was the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. Aragog tells them that the beast that’s in the castle is one that spiders fear above all others, but won’t tell them what it is. Aragog also tells them, fifty years ago, a young girl was murdered in a bathroom, by the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. The spiders are about to attack Harry and Ron, but the Ford Anglia comes to their rescue, and flies them out of the Forest.
Harry wonders if the girl who was murdered is Moaning Mytle – he and Ron decide to question Mrytle.

“Good-bye, friend of Hagrid.”

Who does Malfoy think would be a better headmaster than Professor Dumbledore? Professor Snape

Tuesday 15th May – 67 days to go

Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger
In this chapter... The trio manage to get Professor Lockheart to get a book – Moste Potente Potions – from the restricted section of the library. This will help them brew the Polyjuice Potion – a complicated potion that will take a month. Not only that, they’re going to have to steal a bunch of the ingredients from Professor Snape’s personal supply.
Harry plays in the first match of the Quidditch season. During the game, Harry realizes that someone has cursed one of the Bludgers. It won’t stop from going after him. Harry decides to take care of it on his own by out-maneuvering it. Just as he is about to catch the Snitch, however, the Bludger hits his arm hard and breaks it. He manages to reach out with his other hand, grab the Snitch, and win the game for Gryffindor. When Harry comes to he finds Lockheart standing over him, attempting to cure him. Lockheart ends up removing Harry’s bone, not mending it.
Harry spends the night in the hospital wring – Madam Pomfrey regrows the bones in his arm. In the middle of the night Harry is awaken by Dobby the house-elf. Harry is extremely annoyed to learn that Dobby not only closed the barriar, at King’s Cross, to try and stop Harry returning to Hogwarts, but also cursed the Bludger.Dobby says something evil is happening at Hogwarts – Harry would be much better at Privet Drive. Dobby says that the Chamber of Secrets gas been reopened again.
Professor Dumbledore comes into the hospital wing with Professor McGonagall. They’re carrying someone who is stiff as a board. When Madam Pomfrey comes in she’s horrified to see that the first year, Colin Creevey has been Petrified just like Mrs Norris. Harry overhears Dumbledore saying the Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again.

“Excuse me?” said Ron sharply. “What d’you mean, a bit of whoever we’re changing into? I’m drinking nothing with Crabbe’s toenails in it – ”

What sort of potion transforms a person into someone else? Polyjuice Potion

Chapter Eleven: The Duelling Club
In this chapter... Harry gets out of the hospital wing. He meets up with Ron and Hermione, who have started working on the Polyjuice Potion. They are brewing it in the girls toilets – haunted by Moaning Myrtle. The trio decide to cause a diversion in Professor Snape’s class so they can steal the ingredients they need. Hermione shocks Ron and Harry by volunteering to do the actual stealing. The plan goes perfectly, and they get what they need.
A Duelling club is going to be started, which causes a lot of interest with the Hogwarts pupils. Professor Fliwick – the Charms tutor – is rumoured to be a former duelling champion so everyone hopes it is him who will be running it. However, it is Professor Lockheart who is assisted by Professor Snape. The first meeting is a disaster when Malfoy and Harry duel and he shoots a snake out of his wand at Harry. The snake makes to attack Justin Finch-Fletchley, a Hufflepuff who is a Muggle born.. Harry tells the snake to go away, but for some reason this terrifies all the students. Ron rushes him out of the room. Harry later finds out that he is a Parselmouth, and can talk to snakes. When you talk to snakes, it is called Parseltongue. Harry mentions to Hermione and Ron that he once spoke to a boa constrictor in the zoo – before he knew he was a wizard – and even let the snake free. Ron says that Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth – this is why the Slytherin emblem is a snake. Everyone thinks he’s Slytherin’s Heir – especailly the Hufflepuffs – and they believe Harry is responsible for opening the Chamber of Secrets. When Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick are Petrified – and Harry found near the scene – Harry is taken to see Professor Dumbledore.

“Scared?” muttered Malfoy, so that Lockhart couldn’t hear him.
“You wish,” said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.

What did Peeves do when he found Harry next to the Petrified bodies of Justin Finch Fletchley and Nearly-Headless Nick? He screamed at the top of his lungs

Chapter Twelve: The Polyjuice Potion
In this chapter... Harry is alone in Professor Dumbledore’s study. He sees the Sorting Hat in the room, and cannot resist trying it on, to make sure he was Sorted into the right house. When he was Sorted last year, the Hat did say he would suit Slytherin, but Harry asked not to be put in Slytherin. Harry learns about Phoenixes after watching Dumbledore's bird, Fawkes, burn up and rise from his own ashes. Professor Dumbledore enters the study. Before Dumbledore can confront Harry Hagrid bursts through the door, with a dead rooster, saying that Harry had nothing to do with the Petrifying of Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick. Professor Dumbledore quickly assures Hagrid that he does not believe Harry was involved. He asks Harry if there’s anything he’d like to tell him. Again, Harry does not reveal he can hear a voice in the walls, and says nothing.
The trio stay at Hogwarts at Christmas, in order to finally get into Slytherin’s Common Room to question Malfoy. The Polyjuice Potion is finally ready on Christmas Day. Hermione already has a well-thought-out plan for how it’s going to work. They put Crabbe and Goyle to sleep with enchanted choclate cakes and use a piece of their hair to throw into their respective potions. Hermione uses the hair of Millicent Bulstrude, another Slytherin. Before they know it, Ron and Harry are looking just like Crabbe and Goyle. Hermione refuses to come out of toilet cubical for some reason so Harry and Ron leave without her.
They run into Malfoy and make it into the Slytherin Common Room. The Slytherin password is Pure Blood. Harry and Ron are shocked and disappointed to learn that Malfoy has no idea who the Heir of Slytherin is. Malfoy gleefully shows his friends a newspaper article from the Daily Prophet, saying how Arthur Weasley has been fined 50 galleons for the enchanted car. Malfoy also mentions that his father has some Dark Arts stuff hiden at their home. Ron and Harry barely make it out of the Common Room without detection, because they suddenly start turning back into themselves. When they make it back to the bathroom they finally persuade Hermione to come out of her toilet cubical, and they’re horrified to discover she looks exactly like a cat. Moaning Myrtle find it all very amusing.

Percy, who hadn’t noticed that Fred had bewitched his Prefect badge so that it now read “Pinhead”, kept asking them all what they were sniggering at.

What sort of food did Hermione fill with a Sleeping Draught? Chocolate Cakes

Monday 14th May – 68 days to go

Chapter 7: Mudbloods And Murmurs
In this chapter... Harry is used to hero-worship from some of the students. One of the new first years, , little Colin Creevey, follows everywhere, constantly taking photographs of Harry with his Muggle camera. Oliver Wood, the Quidditch captain for Gryffindor organises an early morning pratice. Harry and the whole Gryffindor team are dismayed to find out that Draco Malfoy is Slytherin’s new Seeker and bought his whole team brand new brooms – Nimbus Two Thousand and One’s. Draco calls Hermione a terrible word, “Mudblood”. Ron tries to curse Malfoy with his broken wand and ends up cursing himself. He ends up burping slugs. Harry and Ron learn what their detentions are, and who they will be doing it with. Ron is to clean silver, in the trophy room, with Argus Filch, the caretaker who hates the students. While Harry is going to be helping Professor Lockheart respond to his fan mail. As Harry is in Professor Lockheart’s office, he hears a strange, whispery voice that Lockhart can’t hear at all.

“Mudblood’s a really foul name for someone who is Muggle-born – you know, non-magic parents. There are some wizards – like Malfoy’s family – who think they’re better than everyone else because they’re what people call pure-blood.”

What did Professor Lockhart offer to help Hagrid with? Getting kelpies out of a well

Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
In this chapter... Harry is heading from a rain-soaked Quidditch practice when he meets with the Gryffindor ghost, Nearly Headless Nick. Nick is disappointed that his request to join the Headless Hunt – run by Sir Patrick Delany Podmore – has been refused as he is not properly headless. Harry is caught by Filch, the caretaker, and dragged into his office. A commotion from the floor above – Filch guesses the culprit is Peeves the poltergeist - takes Filch from the office. Harry reads a pamphlet on Filch’s desk for Kwikspell. It would seem that Filch is looking into learning magic through a correspondence course - but of course, it's probably "for a friend". Filch returns, planning his punishment for Peeves – apparently Peeves has damaged a valuable vanishing cabinet – when he notices that Harry has been reading his mail. Embarrassed, he chases Harry from his office. When Nearly Headless Nick, gets Harry out of trouble with Filch – he persuaded Peeves to cause a diversion – Harry agrees to come to Nick’s deathday party on Halloween night, with Ron and Hermione. When he, Ron, and Hermione show up, it’s creepy and uncomfortable and full of other ghosts. We meat Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girl’s bathroom. When the trio manage to escape the party, Harry again hears the scary voice in the walls. Even though Ron and Hermione are right next to him, they don’t hear the voice. The voice whispers about killing someone. They enter a hallway where they’re shocked to find a message written in red, proclaiming the Chamber of Secrets to be opened again, and Filch’s cat, Mrs. Norris, frozen and dead looking. Before the three of them can decide what to do, other people begin to arrive, and the scene couldn't look any worse for our heroes. The stunned silence is broken by an emphatic cry from Draco Malfoy, "Enemies of the Heir, Beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"

Wooden filing cabinets stood around the walls; from their labels, Harry could see that they contained details of every pupil Filch had ever punished. Fred and George Weasley had an entire drawer to themselves.

What potion did Madam Pomfrey use to help cure colds at Hogwarts? Pepperup Potion

Chapter Nine: The Writing on the Wall
In this chapter... Dumbledore showsthe trio intoLockhart’s office, with Professors Mcgonagall, Snape and Lockheart. Harry is strangely reluctant to tell him about the voice only he can hear. Over the next few days, everybody is talking about the Chamber of Secrets. In their History of Magic class, Professor Binns tells them that the legend of the Chamber goes back centuries. The four founders of Hogwarts were Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Godic Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin. Apparently Slytherin built a secret chamber within the school and sealed a monster inside it magically. No one but Slytherin’s true heir would be able to open the chamber, but once they did the monster would purge the school of all half-bloods. Harry begins to think that Malfoy might be the Heir of Slytherin, and they quickly come up with a plan to find out. They’re going to try to make Polyjuice Potion, which will make them look like someone else, and sneak into the Slytherin Common Room to listen in on Malfoy.

Ginny Weasley seemed very disturbed by Mrs. Norris’s fate. According to Ron, she was a great cat lover.

Why does Ron not like spiders? Fred turned his teddy bear into a spider when he was three

69 days to go!

Chapter 4: At Flourish And Blotts
In this chapter... Harry is very happy spending the last bit of summer holidays at The Burrow. The Weasleys plan to meet up with Hermione in Diagon Alley and get all they need for Hogwarts. Ginny is going to Hogwarts fot the first time this term too.
They use Floo powder to get to Diagon Alley, which allows wizards to travel from one fireplace to another. Harry ends up in a Dark Magic shop in Knocturn Alley. The shop is owned by a Borgin and Burkes. Harry hides in a cabinet. He overhears Draco Malfoy’s father – Lucius – selling a bunch of poisons to the shop owner. Mr Malfoy is frightened that his home may be raided by Mr Weasley’s department/ Harry makes his escape as soon as he is able to. Harry bumps into Hagrid, who takes him to the safety of Diagon Alley and back to the Weasleys.
In Flourish and Blotts book shop, the famous author Gilderoy Lockhart is signing copies of his latest book. He is delighted to see Harry is the crowd. The Daily Prophet takes a publicity photo of Lockheart with Harry. Lockheart announces that he is taking a teaching post at Hogwarts – he is the new Defense Against Dart Arts (DADA) teacher, replacing Professor Quirrell. . They bump into the Malfoy family in the shop. Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy almost get into a fight when Mr. Malfoy insults the Weasley family.

“Ladies and gentleman,” he said loudly, waving for quiet. “What an extraordinary moment this is!”

What is the Hand of Glory? A withered hand on a cushion that gives light to the person holding it when a candle is inserted

Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow
In this chapter... The day arrives for everybody to return to Hogwarts by the Hogwarts Express from Kings Cross Station. People keep forgetting important items – they return to The Burrow to collect Ginny’s diary as well as other things. Everybody manages to get through the barriar at Kings Cross except Harry and Ron – it won’t let them through.
Ron gets the brilliant idea to use the flying Ford Anglia to get to Hogwarts. They follow the train through the air. Just as they reach Hogwarts, however, the car dies and they crash into a gigantic tree on the grounds. Ron’s wand is smashed to bits, and they quickly figure out that the tree they’ve landed in is intent on killing them.
Professor Snape meets them in the grounds of the schopol. He says that Muggles saw them in the flying car – this means expulsion. . When Professor’s Dumbledore and McGonagall show up, however, Harry and Ron are relieved to discover they only get a detention and not expulsion. Professor Dumbledore warns them that he will be writing to Ron’s parents, and Harry’s Aunt and Uncle however.Professor Snape ia very disappoint that they aren’t expelled! Ginny has been sorted into Gryffindor, like all her brothers.

“Or he might have been sacked!” said Ron enthusiastically. “I mean, everyone hates him – ”
“Or maybe,” said a very cold voice right behind them, “he’s waiting to hear why you two didn’t arrive on the school train.”

What object of Ron Weasley’s was badly damaged in the car crash at Hogwarts? His wand

Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
In this chapter … it is the first day of lessons. It does not start for Ron – he gets a Howler from Mrs Weasley, furious with him for stealing the car. Their first day back does not start off well. Ron gets a Howler from his mother, who is furious with him for stealing the car. In Herbology, the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs learn about Mandrakes, which have magical restorative propreties. Professor Lockheart seems convinced that everybody adores him. He seems to have made a impression on Hermione, who has covered her timetable, with Lockheart’s lessons, with hearts. Lockheart doesn’t teach the second years anything useful in their DADA lesson. He brings along a cage full of Cornish pixies, and when they prove to be almost impossible to control he sets Ron, Harry, and Hermione the task of capturing them and leaves quickly with the rest of the class.

“Now – be warned! It is my job to arm you against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind! You may find yourselves facing your worst fears in this room. Know only that no harm can befall you whilst I am here. All I ask is that you remain calm.”

A purplish plant with magical restorative properties, uprooting this can be fatal, as 'the cry of a fully-grown one can kill, and those of little seedlings can knock one out for hours...' - what does this refer to? Mandrake

Saturday 12 May – 70 days to go

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

This was published on 2 July 1998. In November 2002, a film was also made of the book.


Chapter One: The Worst Birthday

In this chapter... We meet Harry Potter again at Number 4 Privet Drive, being bullied by his Uncle, his Aunt and his cousin Dudley. However, Harry’s relations are more scared of him now – they know he is a wizard. It is Harry’s twelfth birthday – his relations have not remembered it or even mentioned of it of course – but he had hoped to hear from his best friends, Ron and Hermione. Uncle Vernon is having his boss over for dinner in order to complete a very important sales deal. Harry has to spend the evening in his room, making no noise and pretending he doesn’t exist. Harry is sure he saw something staring at him, through the hedge in the Dursley’s garden. Harry goes to his bedroom, when the guests arrive, to find a strange creature, sitting on his bed.

“I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there” said Harry tonelessly.

When the Dursleys are going over their positions for when the dinner guests arrive, where is Aunt Petunia supposed to be? In the lounge

Chapter Two: Dobby's Warning

In this chapter... we discover that the creature is a house elf, named Dobby. Dobby turns out to be a highly emotional elf, which keeps hitting himself around the head. Dobby has come to tell Harry that he must not return to Hogwarts. Dobby has been intercepting Harry’s letters – no, Hermione and Ron haven’t forgotten him, even Hagrid the gamekeeper of Hogwarts has written to him – and Harry can have the letters back if he promises not to return to Hogwarts. Dobby goes downstairs. Harry runs downstairs to find him, and his heart stops when he sees Dobby in the kitchen, floating a gigantic pudding in midair. When Harry again refuses to stay home from Hogwarts, Dobby drops the gigantic pudding on the floor, sending it flying all over the kitchen.
Uncle Vernon manages to gloss the whole thing over. It ends badly when an owl sent by the Ministry of Magic arrives and terrifies the guests. Harry is told he is not allowed to do magic outside school, especailly in front of Muggles from the Ministry. When Uncle Vernon finds that Harry is not allowed to use spells during holidays he locks Harry up in his room and puts bars on his windows. Three days later, Harry wakes up to find Ron Weasley floating outside his window.
Three days after his imprisonment, Harry wakes up to find Ron Weasley floating outside his window.

“You didn’t tell us you weren’t allowed to use magic outside school” said Uncle Vernon, a mad gleam dancing in his eyes. “Forgot to mention it…slipped your mind, I dare say…”

What type of owl delivers the letter from the Ministry of Magic to the Dursleys? Barn owl

Chapter Three: The Burrow

In this chapter... Harry is delighted to find that Ron, Fred, and George have come to take him home in a flying car that their father owns. Using the car they pull the bars off the windows and load Harry’s stuff in. Harry barely makes it away from the grasp of Uncle Vernon, but finally pulls free and they gleefully set off into the night towards Ron’s home. Harry tells the boys about Dobby – none of them seem to take the threat of something dangerous being at Hogarts seriously. Harry does wonder however who Dobby belongs too. House Elves usually belong to rich and powerful wizards – like the Malfoy family. Mr Malfoy – father of Draco Malfoy, Harry’s biggest enemy at Hogwarts – was, according to Fred, a big supporter of Voldemort and then returned to the “good side” when Voldemort disappeared.
Harry is delighted with the Weasley’s home – the Burrow. However, Mrs Weasley – Molly – is not at all happy to learn that her sons flew a enchanted car to Harry’s relations and back. She is pleased to see Harry however. The youngest of the Weasley’s – Ginny – is very shy around Harry.
Harry learns that Mr Weasley – Arthur – is fasinated by Muggle things – he enchanted the flying car. Harry and Ron go to Ron’s room. Ron’s room is mostly orange, as he supports the Quidditch team, The Chudley Cannons

“Your sons flew that car to Harry’s house and back last night” shouted Mrs Weasley. “What have you got to say about that, eh?”
“Did you really?” said Mr Weasley eagerly. “Did it go all right? I – I mean,” he faltered, as sparks flew from Mrs Weasley’s eyes, “that-that was very wrong boys – very wrong indeed….”

Which Quidditch team does Ron support? Chudley Cannons

Friday 11th May – 70 days to go

Chapter 16, The Trap Door
It is exam time – Harry tries hard to get through his exams with a shooting pain searing through his scar and the thought of Voldemort bursting through the door at any minute! But somehow he manages. The trio ask Hagrid how to get past Fluffy. Apparently, if you play Fluffy music, it will send it to sleep. The trio decide to see Professor Dumbledore, and tell them that they know about the Philosopher’s Stone and that Professor Snape wants it. Professor McGonagall tells them that Professor Dumbledore is not at Hogwarts but on his way to London. Knowing they need to do something to protect the Philosopher’s Stone from Snape (cough), they all decide to take an adventure to the Third Floor corridor and go through a series of enchantments left by each Hogwarts Professor. Neville tries to stop the trio going – he doesn’t want Gryffindor to lose even more points. But Hermione does the Petificus Totalus spell on him, the full Body-Bind. They go through the trap door. The Philosopher’s Stone is protected by various charms, put on by various teachers Professor Sprout provided Devil’s Snare, a plant that dislikes the sun. Professor Flitwick put a flying charm on keys – to Harry it was just like Quidditch to capture the right key. Professor McGonagall transfigured some chessmen, and the Trio play a real game of chess – Ron sacrifices himself in the chess game so Hermione and Ron can go on. Next is a logic puzzle, set by Snape, involving seven potions. One potion will take them forward to the final chamber while the other takes them back to safety. Harry tells Hermione to go and get Ron, and go to the Owlery, and send an Owl to Professor Dumbledore. Harry must go it alone. Harry walks through a black flame into the last chamber to discover...

“So light a fire!” Harry choked.
“Yes – of course – but there’s no wood!” Hermione cried, wringing her hands.
“HAVE YOU GONE MAD?” Ron bellowed, “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?”

What plant do Harry, Hermione and Ron land on after jumping through the trapdoor? Devil’s Snare

Chapter 17, The Man with Two Faces
But Snape is not in the final chamber - it's Quirrell! And in full blown evilness, not a stutter or twitch in sight. It was Quirrell who jinxed Harry’s broom at the Quidditch match – not Professor Snape. Professor Snape, in fact, was counter-jinxing the broom, to keep Harry safe. Snape has been suspecting Quirrell all year. Snape hates Harry because he was at school with Harry’s father, James. And James once saved Snape’s life. This life debt has hung over Snape ever since. Quirrell and sets all of his attention on retrieving the stone from the Mirror of Erised. Harry does his best to try and distract Quirrell from the mirror but to no avail. Harry is able to retrieve the stone from the mirror himself (but only because he would not use it). Quirrell in his frustration of not being able to discover the stone's whereabouts is in need of assistance from the tower of terror himself. He begins to unwrap his smelly turban to unveil the bodiless face of Lord Voldemort. Voldemort knows Harry is lying about the location of the stone and a battle ensues. Fortunately for Harry, every time he touches Quirrell, he causes Quirrell's exposed skin to turn red, raw and blistered. Harry realizes that this is the way to save the stone, if only he doesn't die in the process.

Harry awakes in the hospital wing with Professor Dumbledore by his side. Professor Dumbledore explains that he got there just in time to save Harry's life. But Harry is more concerned by the inevitable return of Voldemort and the safety of the stone. Harry and Dumbledore have a wonderful heart to heart with most of Harry's questions going unanswered. We learn the reason why Voldemort is not able to harm Harry. It was all down to Lily, a mother's protection.

Hagrid brings a special present of photographs of Harry's parents. Slytherin are announced the winners of the House Cup – they have earned the most House Points over the year – during the End of Term feast. Slytherin have 472 while Gryffindor, unfortunately, have the least points with 312. However… Professor Dumbledore has a few last minute points to award. He awards Ron fifty points for the best-played chess Hogwarts have ever seen. Then fifty points to Hermione for the use of cool logic in the face of fire. Harry is awarded 60 points for pure nerve and outstanding courage. This brings Gryffindor level with Slytherin in House Points. And finally, Neville is awarded ten points for standing up to his friends. Gryffindor have won the House Cup!! Harry leaves Hogwarts for the summer holidays at the Dursleys. But he knows he will soon be returning to Hogwarts in September. This is the end of Harry’s first year at Hogwarts.

“After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure”

At the end of term feast, Professor Dumbledore gave out extra points helping Gryffindor win the house cup. How many points did they finish on? 482