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The Vanishing Glass, Chapter 2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What dream was Harry having when his aunt woke him in the morning?

a)

He was dreaming about a flying motorcycle.

b)

He was dreaming about his parents.

c)

He was dreaming about becoming a famous wizard.

d)

He was dreaming about winning the lottery.

2.

Where in the Dursley house did Harry sleep?

a)

He slept in the largest bedroom.

b)

He slept on a couch in the living room.

c)

He slept in a small shed on the Dursleys’ property.

d)

He slept in a cupboard under the stairs.

3.

What was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys?

a)

Don’t make waves.

b)

Don’t ever cry.

c)

Don’t ask questions.

d)

Don’t sass adults.

4.

Who got all of the good things in the Dursley household?

a)

Dudley Dursley, Harry’s cousin

b)

Harry’s owl

c)

Mrs. Dursley

d)

Harry

5.

What was Dudley Dursley’s complaint about his birthday presents?

a)

They didn’t cost enough money.

b)

They were just like the ones he got the year before.

c)

They were clumsily wrapped.

d)

He didn’t get enough of them.

6.

Who was Mrs. Figg?

a)

She was Dudley’s cat.

b)

She was a favorite neighbor of Harry’s.

c)

She was a mad, old lady who lived two streets away from the Dursleys.

d)

She was Harry’s elementary school principal.

7.

Why did Harry finally get to go to the zoo with the Dursley family?

a)

Because Dudley asked him to go with them

b)

Because his aunt and uncle weren’t able to think of anything else to do with him

c)

Because the family all voted for him to go

d)

Because he had been extremely good all month long

8.

What kind of strange things often happened around Harry?

a)

A dog followed him home, and the dog’s mother came looking for it.

b)

His hair was cut and grew back overnight; he gained an enormous amount of weight

suddenly; and snakes all stopped in the garden to talk with him.

c)

His hair was cut and grows back overnight; his sweater shrank all on its own; and he

was able to leap onto a chimney.

d)

Strangers kept following him home.

9.

What strange occurrence happened in connection with Harry at the reptile house?

a)

A snake communicated with him, then the glass front on the snake’s tank vanished and

the snake was able just to slither away.

b)

Two snakes asked Harry to play chess with them.

c)

One of the biggest snakes danced and sang a song.

d)

One of the smaller snakes asked Harry his name.

10.

What strange vision did Harry have about his dead parents?

a)

He saw their faces in a department store window.

b)

He imagined he saw them saving his life.

c)

He saw a blinding flash of green light and had a burning pain on his forehead.

d)

He saw them smiling at the birth of a new baby.

11.

shivered, as from fear or aversion

a)

shuddered

b)

flinched

c)

grudgingly

d)

stern

12.

odd, unusual

a)

spectacles

b)

peculiar

c)

flinched

d)

ruffled

13.

loose outer garments

a)

grudgingly

b)

flinched

c)

cloaks

d)

stern

14.

firm, severe

a)

peculiar

b)

cloaks

c)

flinched

d)

stern

15.

glasses

a)

flinched

b)

spectacles

c)

stern

d)

shuddered

16.

disturbed, annoyed

a)

spectacles

b)

peculiar

c)

ruffled

d)

shuddered

17.

winced

a)

peculiar

b)

ruffled

c)

spectacles

d)

flinched

18.

reluctantly

a)

grudgingly

b)

flinched

c)

shuddered

d)

spectacles