Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter Book 7

Grades 6-12

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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.

School grades6–12
Guided reading levelZ
Accelerated Reader points34

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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