Sunday Potter Quiz: Dobby’s Warning

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter Two: Dobby’s Warning

1. Dobby bursts into tears after Harry asks him to do what?

2. True or False? After he inadvertently insulted his masters, Dobby started to punish himself by banging his head into the window

3. How does Dobby plan to punish himself after coming to warn Harry Potter?

4. What impossible request does Dobby ask of Harry to protect him?

5. What name does Dobby use for Voldemort?

6. According to an irate Uncle Vernon, Dobby’s commotion had ruined the punch line of his what?

7. True or False? After Harry refuses not to go back to Hogwarts, Dobby drops Aunt Petunia’s giant pudding onto Mrs. Mason’s head

8. From what department in the Ministry of Magic was the letter to Harry accusing him of the Hover Charm Dobby used?

9. Along with having bars fitted to his window, what did Uncle Vernon personally fit into Harry’s bedroom door?

10. After waking up from a strange dream, whom does Harry see outside his window?

For Your Reflection: With Ron’s appearance at Harry’s window, we have had two chapters in a row with cliffhanger closing a hurry-up-and-turn-the-page chapter. Why does Rowling start her book this way? What effect does the surprise appearance at the end of each chapter have on the reader?

Answers: 1. Sit down (p.13); 2. True (p.14); 3. Shut his ears in the oven door (p.14); 4. Not to go back to Hogwarts (p.16); 5. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (p.15); 6. Japanese golfer joke (p.18); 7. False: he drops it in the kitchen (p.19); 8. Improper Use of Magic Office (p.21); 9. A cat flap (p.22); 10. Ron Weasley (p.23)