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