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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inevitably makes his way to the final meeting with Voldemort. Text includes mild profanity, violence and self-harm.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Summarize the introduction of this book.
Page 1 — Voldemort is meeting at the Malfoy’s with his followers; Snape arrives and shares that Harry is being transported to a new place; another person contradicts what Snape has said; Voldemort must kill Harry himself and makes Lucius give him his wand; Charity Burbage is spinning in the air above the group and calls to Snape to help her, but he doesn’t; Voldemort feeds her to his snake
1
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Summarize what the newspaper articles were about in this chapter.
Page 16 — Dumbledore; one was a respectable obituary; the other defamed him
16
What did Harry see in the mirror?
Page 29 — A flash of blue; one of Dumbledore’s blue eyes
29
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
How did Harry convince his uncle to go with the Order?
Page 32 — By reminding him of the wizards who’ve visited them explaining the danger; the Death Eaters attacking Dudley; Dudley wanting to go with them
32
How does Dudley feel about Harry?
Page 40 — Grateful for him since he saved his life; cared about his welfare
40
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Explain the plan to get Harry to safety. Did it work?
Page 43 — Used poly juice potion to make seven Harrys and all leave at the same time to hopefully throw off the Death Eaters. No, the Death Eaters recognized him and Voldemort came after him
43
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 63 — Mad-Eye Moody was killed by Voldemort; Harry tells everyone he’s going to leave and that his wand fought off Voldemort of its own accord; he sees and hears Voldemort talking to Ollivander angry that Harry still had a connection to him even though he was using someone else’s wand
63
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why is Mrs. Weasley keeping Harry and his friends so busy?
Page 89 — So they can’t make plans to leave
89
How have Ron and Hermione prepared for accompanying Harry?
Page 96 — Hermione put a spell on her parents to give them the thought to move to Australia and removed her memory from their minds; Ron’s prepared his ghoul to take his place when people realize he’s missing from Hogwarts
96
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Why did the Minister of Magic visit the Burrow?
Page 123 — To give Harry and his friends the items Dumbledore left them
123
Predict why Dumbledore gave them these items?
To help them on their quest somehow
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Summarize the wedding.
Page 137 — Harry disguised himself as a Weasley cousin to the with poly juice potion; Harry learned Dumbledore’s family lived in the same place his parents were buried; Aunt Muriel was sharing gossip of Dumbledore’s life while His friend was defending him; Krum came to the wedding and recognized Luna’s dad wearing a Grindelwald symbol; a Patronus was sent from Kingsley that the Minister was dead and the Death Eaters are coming
137
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why were Harry and his friends nervous to go to Grimmauld place?
Page 168 — They thought Snape had told Voldemort about the hideout
168
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Summarize Regulus’s and Kreacher’s experience.
Page 193 — Voldemort took Kreacher with him to the cave and made him drink the water in the basin; Regulus called him back, which saved Kreacher’s life; Kreacher took Regulus to the cave and Regulus drank the potion and died; he gave the locket to Kreacher with instructions to destroy it, but he wasn’t able to; Mundungus took the locket from Kreacher
193
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
Why did Harry get so upset at Lupin?
Page 214 — He was going to leave his wife and child when he needed to stay with them
214
Who has the locket now?
Page 222 — Dolores Umbridge
222
Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
Why was the man Ron was going to double in a hurry to get into the Ministry of Magic, and why didn’t he have on his blue robes?
Page 243 — He was going to support his wife who had been accused of being a Mudblood
243
Chapter 13
Comprehension questions
Why is the Ministry so focused on getting rid of Mudbloods?
Page 249 — The Ministry has been infiltrated by Voldemort and it is his desire to get rid of them
249
Summarize what happened in the court?
Page 258 — Mrs. Cattermole was being interrogated and Harry saw the locket on Umbridge; he stunned her and Yaxley; he cast a Patronus to keep the dementors away; Hermione got the locket and they helped everyone escape who was arrested
258
Chapter 14
Comprehension questions
Why did Harry and his friends Disapparate to the forest?
Page 270 — Yaxley grabbed onto Hermione as they Disapparated from the Ministry to Grimmauld Place
270
Why is Harry worried about the thief?
Page 283 — Voldemort is after him and will kill him
283
Chapter 15
Comprehension questions
Why did the friends take turns wearing the locket?
Page 289 — It affected them and influenced them to be angry or not be able to cast spells
289
Why did Ron leave?
Page 306 — He was cold, hungry and frustrated; he was influenced negatively by the locket
306
Chapter 16
Comprehension questions
What did Harry and Hermione find at the cemetery?
Page 325 — Dumbledore’s family’s and his parent’s headstones; the symbol in the book on a headstone
325
Chapter 17
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 330 — Harry and Hermione left the cemetery and were followed; they thought out was Bathilda; she told them to follow her and they went to her house; she told Harry to come upstairs alone and he did; she turned into Voldemort’s snake and tried to kill Harry; Hermione came to help Harry and they escaped; Harry saw how his parents died; Harry’s wand broke
330
Chapter 18
Comprehension questions
What convinced Harry that Dumbledore wanted to conquer the Muggles?
Page 357 — A letter Dumbledore wrote to Grindelwald when they were young
357
Chapter 19
Comprehension questions
Summarize how Voldemort’s Horcrux tried to defeat Ron? Why?
Page 375 — They knew Ron’s weakness because he wore the locket
375
Chapter 20
Comprehension questions
Why is Mr. Lovegood nervous to see Harry?
Page 402 — It’s dangerous to help him and he could get hurt
402
Chapter 21
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 405 — Hermione read from the book Dumbledore gave; Harry realized Luna wasn’t there and that something else was going on; Mr. Lovegood was stalling waiting for the Death Eaters; Luna has been captured due to what her father has been printing; he was hoping he would get Luna back if he turned in Harry; Harry and his friends got away
405
Chapter 22
Comprehension questions
What’s Harry obsessed with in this chapter?
Page 428 — The Deathly Hallows and finding the Elder Wand
428
Predict who’s outside the tent.
Page 445 — Listen to your child’s answer
445
Chapter 23
Comprehension questions
Summarize how Harry and his friends were freed from Malfoy’s Manor.
Page 463 — Harry saw Dumbledore in the mirror and told him he needed him help; Dobby showed up and took Luna, Dean and Ollivander to Bill’s house; Harry and Ron get out of the cellar and go save Hermione; Dobby comes to help again and loosens the chandelier, causing it to fall on Hermione and the goblin; Harry and Ron grab them and Disapparate
463
Name a tragic event in this chapter.
Hermione was tortured; Dobby died
Chapter 24
Comprehension questions
Who did Harry need to talk to in this chapter and why?
Page 487 — Griphook – how to break into a vault at Gringotts to find a Horcrux; Ollivander – for information about the Elder Wand and if he can mend Harry’s wand
487
Chapter 25
Comprehension questions
Why is Bill’s warning to Harry important?
Page 516 — Harry’s not being completely honest with Griphook about the sword and Griphook is going to hold him to his word
516
Chapter 26
Comprehension questions
What trouble did Harry and his friends find themselves in as they entered Gringotts?
Page 526 — Running into a Death Eater that was also going to the bank; the goblins knew Hermione wasn’t the real Bellatrix; the treasure burned them and multiplied as they touched it; the goblins and wizards came after them; Griphook took the sword and didn’t help them get out of the bank
526
Chapter 27
Comprehension questions
Why does Harry feel the need to rush to the school?
Page 550 — When Voldemort finds that Harry and Dumbledore have destroyed the other Horcrux’s, he’ll move the one in the school to another location
550
Chapter 28
Comprehension questions
Summarize how Dumbledore’s mother and sister died.
Page 564 — His sister had gone mad and she accidentally killed their mom; Aberforth, Dumbledore and Grindelwald dueled and Ariana was hit by one of their spells
564
Chapter 29
Comprehension questions
Why did Harry have such a difficult time letting Dumbledore’s Army help him and what convinced him to let them help?
Page 580 — Hermione and Ron convinced him to let them help
580
Chapter 30
Comprehension questions
Why is everyone gathering in this chapter and what are the heads of houses preparing for?
Page 595 — A battle with Voldemort; trying to keep Voldemort out of the school long enough for Harry to find the last Horcrux
595
Chapter 31
Comprehension questions
Summarize the events in the Room of Requirement.
Page 628 — Harry and his friends went in to find Ravenclaw’s Diadem; Draco were there and they fought; Crabbe cast a fire spell that turned into fire beasts; Harry and his friends rescued Draco and his friends; Crabbe died
628
Chapter 32
Comprehension questions
Why did Harry need to find Voldemort?
Page 651 — To kill Nagini
651
What did Snape give Harry and why were they important?
Page 657 — His memories; so Harry could see who Snape really was and what Dumbledore needed him to know
657
Chapter 33
Comprehension questions
What did Harry learn from Snape’s memories?
Page 674 — His mom and Snape were good friends; Snape loved his mom; Dumbledore asked Snape to kill him so Draco wouldn’t have to; Snape gave Mundungus the idea to decoy Harry at the start of this book; Snape was trustworthy and did as Dumbledore asked; it was Snape’s Patronus that helped Harry find the sword; Harry will need to die for Voldemort to die
674
Chapter 34
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 691 — Harry walked to his death by finding Voldemort and didn’t pull out his wand
691
Choose a word to describe Harry. Why did you choose that word?
Listen to your child’s answer
Chapter 35
Comprehension questions
Summarize Harry’s conversation with Dumbledore.
Page 705 — Dumbledore explains the reason why he made it hard for Harry, so he wouldn’t get boastful about the Hallows like he did; Dumbledore expressed his regrets and pride with his sister, mom, Grindelwald and the Hallows; how proud he is of Harry
705
Chapter 36
Comprehension questions
What’s the secret Harry knew about the Elder Wand?
Page 742 — Snape didn’t defeat Dumbledore, Draco did. The wand recognizes Draco as his master, so it won’t work for Voldemort
742
Epilogue
Comprehension questions
What did you like about the conclusion of this story?
Listen to your child’s answer
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