AN INTRODUCTION TO O.W.L.s

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1 AN INTRODUCTION TO O.W.L.s The O.W.L.s Test is used to test your knowledge on Harry Potter books 1-4. The Ordinary Wizarding Levels (O.W.L.s) Test was created to test you in many different areas. For the O.W.L.s Test you must be able to correct misspelled words; answer true or false questions, and you will need to know the chapter numbers and names from the Harry Potter books; spells and there meanings; and much more. There are 15 spells questions that you must define the meanings of them and for some of the spells questions you must give the name of the spell. Multiple-Choice is the second largest group of questions in which you are given 26 questions and three possible answers for each questions. You must also answer five True or False questions; seven Chapter questions, in which you must give the number of the chapter or the name of the chapter, and six Quotes questions, in which you are given a quote from one of the first four Harry Potter books and you must tell what character said it. In the O.W.L.s Test there are also 87 On Your Own questions; 13 misspelled words in which you must correct them, and eight Other Questions which test your knowledge on what year the Harry Potter books were published; who the Harry Potter books are dedicated to, how many pages are in the Harry potter books, and so on. There are a total of 167 questions in the O.W.L.s Test. When taking the O.W.L.s Test you may not, at any time, use any Harry Potter book. You must get at least 108 questions out of 167 questions correct to pass the test. I bid you good luck and remind you, NO CHEATING!!! TWWN Webmaster, -Daniel

2 Defense Against the Dark Arts Standard Spells Test What do you say 1) to unlock some thing? 2) for the Summoning Charm? 3) to have a light appear at the end of your wand? 4) to extinguish the light at the end of your wand? 5) to cause your targets legs to lock? 6) to disarm an opponent in a dual? 7) to cause something to increase in size? 8) for the Four-Point spell? 9) to erase someone s memory? 10) to cause an object to repel water? What does the spell do? 11) Furnunculus: 12) Avada Kedavra: 13) Ennervate: 14) Pensaugeo: 15) Reducto: Care of Magical Creatures Multiple Choice For each question, circle one of the four possible answers that you think best answers the question. 1) What kind of broomstick does Draco Malfoy have? A) Nimbus 2000 B) Firebolt C) Nimbus ) When Harry, Ron, and Hermione drank the Polyjuice Potion who did Harry turn into? A) Goyle B) Crabbe C) The Fat Lady 3) What color are the Basilisk s eyes in the second Harry Potter book? A) Burnt Red B) Yellow C) Pale Blue 4) In 1992, how many times in a row had Gilderoy Lockhart won Witch Weekly s Most-Charming- Smile Award? A) 4 B) 7 C) 5 5) Inside the Chamber of Secrets, what is the floor littered with? A) Tiny bones of animals B) Broken egg shells C) The remains of unfortunate humans 6) When Harry Potter s Nimbus 2000 was smashed by the Whomping Willow, what was the name of the book Harry borrowed from Oliver Wood, from which he was trying to find a replacement broom? A) Quidditch Through the Ages B) Which Broomstick C) An Encyclopedia of Medieval Broomsticks 7) On Harry s first visit to Hogsmeade who suggested going to the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer? A) Ron B) Harry C) George

3 8) When there is a full moon, which Harry Potter character turns into a werewolf? A) Professor Lupin B) Uncle Vernon C) Professor Snape 9) What was James Potter s nickname? A) Pladfoot B) Stinky Peterson C) Prongs 10) What was Harry s most unexpected present on his 14 th Christmas? A) The Firebolt B) The Invisibility Cloak C) The sweater from Mrs. Weasley 11), During the Quidditch Final in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, who sees the Snitch first? A) Harry B) Draco C) Neville 12) When Harry got his copy of The Monster Book of Monsters, what did he use to keep it shut? A) His belt B) Spell-o-Tape C) Rope 13) On September 1 st, what time does the Hogwarts Express leave for Hogwarts? A) 11:00 A.M. B) 11:15 A.M. C) A quarter past ten 14) What color hair does Professor McGonagall have? A) Dark Brown B) Black C) Red 15) How many people are in the Weasley family? A) 9 B) 7 C) 8 ½ 16) What color were the troll s boogers in the first Harry Potter book? A) Gray B) Puke Orange C) Burnt Green 17) What is the name of the three-headed dog that once guarded the Sorcerer s Stone at Hogwarts? A) Cuddles B) Fluffy C) Scabbers 18) What month is Fred and George s birthday? A) August B) March C) April 19) What is Mad-Eye Moody s real first name? A) Cornelius B) Alastor C) Dimoriss 20) What is the name of one of the Fat Lady s friends? A) Violet B) Mrs. McGiffith C) Sir Cadogan 21) What is Harry Potter s wand made of? A) Cherry Wood B) Holly Wood C) High Quality Pressed Wood 22) In the 4 th Harry Potter book, what day of the week did Harry sneak into the prefect s bathroom to try to work out his golden egg? A) Wednesday B) Thursday C) Monday 23) What color skin did the Merpeople have in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? A) Sea Green B) Brown C) Gray 24) Who insisted on draping a Gryffindor banner around Harry like a cloak, after Harry became the 4 th champion? A) Lee Jordan B) Fred C) George 25) What is Neville Longbottom s dad s first name? A) Morgan B) Frank C) Courtright 26) About how old was Hagrid when his mother left? A) 4 ½ B) Almost 7 C) 3

4 Muggle Studies True or False For each statement write whether it is true or false. 1) Ernie Prang is the driver of the Night Bus in the third Harry Potter book. 2) Ernie McMillan was in Hermione s Muggle Studies Class in there third year at Hogwarts. 3) During Hermione s second year at Hogwarts she outlined Professor Lockhart and Professor Sprouts lessons with hearts on her schedule. 4) Mad-eye Moody lent Neville the book called Magical Water Plants of the Pacific. 5) Hagrid bought Fluffy from a Greek chappie. Chapters Answer the following questions. 1) In the first Harry Potter book what chapter # is The Potions Master? 2) What chapter # is The TriWizard Tournament? 3) In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, what is the title of chapter seven? 4) In the second Harry Potter book what is the title of chapter eleven? 5) In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, what chapter # is Aragog? 6) In the third Harry Potter book what is the title of chapter 19? 7) What chapter # is The Boggart in the Wardrobe? History of Magic On Your Own Answer the following questions and statements. 1) What was the name of the referee at the 422 nd International Quidditch World Cup? 2) What was the color of Rita Skeeter s Quick-Quotes Quill in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? 3) What is the name of the tree that Harry and Ron once crashed into with Mr. Weasley s car? 4) What was the date and time that Harry spoke to Sirius through the fire in the 4 th Harry Potter book? 5) What is Karkaroff s first name? 6) How did Hermione know Professor Lupin s name before she even met him? 7) What is Fluer s sister s name? 8) What was the date of the third task in the 4 th Harry Potter book? 9) At the end of Harry s first year at Hogwarts, who won ten points for standing up to their friends? 10) What was the date of the first task? 11) Who did Malfoy go to the Yule Ball with? 12) Who gave Harry his father s Invisibility Cloak? 13) When Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to Hogsmeade to visit Sirius what was the name of the store that Harry bought Dobby s socks in? 14) What color are Buckbeak s eyes? 15) If you are or ever were a Death Eater what arm is the Dark Mark on? 16) What was Harry eating for breakfast? when Mrs. Weasley s invitation to go to the Quidditch World Cup arrived at the Dursley s house.

5 17) How much money did Fred and George bet that Ireland won the 422nd Quidditch World Cup, but Victor Krum got the snitch? 18) What is Colin Creevey s brother s name? 19) What time was Harry Potter s born? 20) What was the task in the first task? 21) In the second task, why didn t Fleur show up to rescue her sister? 22) In the first Harry Potter book what did Hagrid use to give Dudley a pig s tail? 23) What was the spell Harry used against Voldemort when they dueled in the fourth Harry Potter book? 24) Did Mr. Crouch s son die? Explain in great detail (at least 2 sentences)! 25) How was Rita Skeeter listening to people s private conversations during the 4 th Harry Potter book? Who figured this out? 26) Who is Seamus Finnegan s best friend? 27) Why does Harry Potter have a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead? 28) In the first task what breed of dragon did Fleur get? 29) Who turned the Triwizard Cup into a Portkey? Charms Quotes What Harry Potter character said 1) No idea, I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes. 2) Oh, yes, so clever the way you trapped the last one with the tea-strainer. 3) It s a shape-shifter, it can take the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten us most. 4) And two of us should be chained to this, just to make sure. 5) Who s he, to lecture me about being out-of-bounds? 6) Don t ask me, they re supposed to be really stupid. Potions On Your Own Answer each of the following questions and statements. 1) Word for Word, In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone how does J. K. Rowling describe Uncle Dursley? 2) What are the nicknames of the people who created the Marauder s Map? 3) When Harry first rode a broomstick what did he ketch after a fifty-foot dive? 4) What is the name of the magical plant that cushioned Harry, Ron, and Hermione s fall when they went through the trapdoor at the end of their first year at Hogwarts? 5) Name three Death Eaters that were still on Voldemort s side at the end of the 4 th Harry Potter book. 6) Exactly how do you get into Diagon Alley? 7) Where did Harry and Malfoy agree to meet for their midnight duel, in the 1 st Harry Potter book? 8) What Hogwarts Quidditch team did Harry play against during his first Quidditch match? 9) Who did Goyle go to the Yule Ball with? 10) Name two centaurs Hagrid knows. 11) In the fourth Harry Potter book, who stole gillyweed from Snape s Private Store?

6 12) What is Goyle s first name? 13) What did Fred and George give Harry in the third Harry Potter book, as an early Christmas present? 14) What is Crabbe s first name? 15) What is Minerva at Hogwarts, besides a teacher? 16) What do you say when you want to clear the Marauder s Map? 17) When Harry was at the Three Broomsticks for the first time Cornelius Fudge was there also. What color was his bowler hat? 18) Who was Sirius Black s best friend? 19) What is the name of the Hippogriff that Sirius escaped on at the end of Hermione s 3 rd third year at Hogwarts? 20) What was Sirius in James and Lilly s wedding? 21) Who sent Harry his firebolt? 22) Who were James Potter s best friends? 23) What is Black s nickname? 24) What did Hermione send Harry Potter for his thirteenth birthday? 25) What is the firebolt s handle made of? 26) In the 4 th Harry Potter book, what is the date that the second task took place? 27) In Ron s third year at Hogwarts what was the first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson about? 28) What did Sirius Black once do to the portrait of the Fat Lady? Divination On your Own Answer the following questions and statements. 1) What girl does Harry like that is in the Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts? 2) When you come near the Whomping Willow it will start moving its branches around wildly. How do you make it stop? 3) Why did Lilly and James Potter, at the last moment, change their secret keeper to Peter Pettigrew? 4) In great detail please explain how Peter Pettigrew escaped, towards the end of the third Harry Potter book. 5) What was the first Quidditch team Harry Potter lost to? 6) When Harry and Hermione went to help Sirius Black escape, what was the spell that Hermione performed to unlock the window to the room in which Black was being held in? 7) On Harry Potter s worst birthday, what were the names of the rich builder and his wife who Uncle Vernon was hoping to get a huge order of drills? 8) What was the name of the charm, that Harry was accused of performing by Mafalda Hopkirk, the summer after Harry s first year at Hogwarts? 9) When Arthur first met Harry why wasn t he very upset that Fred, George, and Ron had driven the flying car? 10) What Harry Potter character has a grandmother who is a Veela? 11) What is Filch s first name? 12) When Harry Potter first beat Draco at Quidditch, who was it that took all of Harry s bones out of his right arm?

7 13) In Hermione s second year at Hogwarts, what did she steal from Snape s office? 14) Where did Harry find Tom Riddle s Diary the first time? 15) Who is Cornelius Fudge? 16) What reserve team was Oliver Wood signed to? 17) What was the second message the Heir of Slytherin left on the wall, in the second Harry Potter book? 18) Name the three Unforgivable Curses. 19) What special day was it (to Harry anyway), when he received a letter from Mafalda Hopkirk? 20) Why did the wizard at the Quidditch World Cup like wearing a flowery nightgown so much? 21) Word for word from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, what is a Mudblood? 22) What color are the Hufflepuff s Quidditch robes? 23) Who was killed by the Basilisk, the first time the Chamber of Secrets was opened? 24) What is Tom Riddles middle name? 25) What charm did Cedric Digory use in the second task? 26) What are the colors of the Bulgarian flag? 27) What is the color of the Invisibility Booster Button in Mr. Weasley s Ford Anglia? 28) All the Bulgarians who came to watch the Quidditch World Cup in the 4 th Harry Potter book had what attached to their tents? 29) What is the name of the very old spider that Hagrid secretly raised when he was a student at Hogwarts? Transfiguration Spelling Correct the following misspelled words (Do not worry about capitalization) Not all words are misspelled! 1) Norwiegian Rigeback: 2) Madem Mawlken s: 3) Arial Sportes: 4) Faxes: 5) Manedracke: 6) Nockturnn Aley: 7) Tom Marrvollo Riddle: 8) Penseiv: 9) Bast End Skruts: 10) Dumbeldor: 11) Skabers: 12) Buckbeak: 13) Weaslie: Arithmancy Other Questions Answer the following questions. 1) Which Harry Potter book is your favorite? Why? 2) Since when has Scholastic been publishing books? 3) Who is your favorite student character in the Harry Potter books?

8 4) Does J. K. Rowling have a son or daughter? Where do they live? 5) Name at least two awards the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone has won. 6) What year was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone published? 7) Who is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone dedicated to? 8) How many pages are in the hard cover of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?