Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 7 "The Sorting Hat"
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
During the year at Hogwarts students' triumphs and rule-breaking -----.
- were placed on a board in the entry hall
- were rewarded or punished by the headmaster
- earned or lost points for their houses
While the nervous first years waited to be sorted into houses what made many students scream?
- Malfoy
- ghosts
- a dragon
- Professor McGonagall
The ceiling of the Great Hall -----.
- was covered with hundreds of chandeliers
- was made of glass
- was filled with paintings of dragons
- was bewitched to look like the sky outside
----- made the decision as to which house each student would live.
- A written test
- Albus Dumbledore
- The sorting hat
- Older students
Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Harry were to live in ----.
- Hufflepuff
- Gryffindor
- Slytherin
- Ravenclaw
After Dumbledore's speech ----.
- the group cheered
- all the other professors gave a speech
- the plates magically filled with food
- Hagrid introduced himself to the students
Neville learned he had magical talents when ----.
- he was pushed off the Blackpool pier
- his Uncle Algie dropped him out the upstairs window
- he turned Great Auntie Enid into a toad
When Professor Snape looked at Harry during the meal -----.
- Harry's scar hurt
- Snape smiled
- Snape's eyes shot sparks
- Harry felt happy
First years were not allowed to go ---.
- to Hagrid's hut
- into the forest
- to classes alone
- to the Quidditch field
What was different about the school song?
- The song didn't rhyme.
- The words were in Latin.
- Everyone sang it to a different tune.