Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

by J.K. Rowling

Grades 6-12; Genre - Fantasy; GRL Z; AR pts. 34

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.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. Summarize the introduction of this book. 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 p.1

Chapter 2

1. Summarize what the newspaper articles were about in this chapter. Dumbledore; one was a respectable obituary; the other defamed him p.16
2. What did Harry see in the mirror? A flash of blue; one of Dumbledore’s blue eyes p.29

Chapter 3

1. How did Harry convince his uncle to go with the Order? By reminding him of the wizards who’ve visited them explaining the danger; the Death Eaters attacking Dudley; Dudley wanting to go with them p.32
2. How does Dudley feel about Harry? Grateful for him since he saved his life; cared about his welfare p.40

Chapter 4

1. Explain the plan to get Harry to safety. Did it work? 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 p.43

Chapter 5

1. Summarize this chapter. 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 p.63

Chapter 6

1. Why is Mrs. Weasley keeping Harry and his friends so busy? So they can’t make plans to leave p.89
2. How have Ron and Hermione prepared for accompanying Harry? 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 p.96

Chapter 7

1. Why did the Minister of Magic visit the Burrow? To give Harry and his friends the items Dumbledore left them p.123
2. Predict why Dumbledore gave them these items? To help them on their quest somehow

Chapter 8

1. Summarize the wedding. 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 p.137

Chapter 9

1. Why were Harry and his friends nervous to go to Grimmauld place? They thought Snape had told Voldemort about the hideout p.168

Chapter 10

1. Summarize Regulus’s and Kreacher’s experience. 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 p.193

Chapter 11

1. Why did Harry get so upset at Lupin? He was going to leave his wife and child when he needed to stay with them p.214
2. Who has the locket now? Dolores Umbridge p.222

Chapter 12

1. 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? He was going to support his wife who had been accused of being a Mudblood p.243

Chapter 13

1. Why is the Ministry so focused on getting rid of Mudbloods? The Ministry has been infiltrated by Voldemort and it is his desire to get rid of them p.249
2. Summarize what happened in the court? 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 p.258

Chapter 14

1. Why did Harry and his friends Disapparate to the forest? Yaxley grabbed onto Hermione as they Disapparated from the Ministry to Grimmauld Place p.270
2. Why is Harry worried about the thief? Voldemort is after him and will kill him p.283

Chapter 15

1. Why did the friends take turns wearing the locket? It affected them and influenced them to be angry or not be able to cast spells p.289
2. Why did Ron leave? He was cold, hungry and frustrated; he was influenced negatively by the locket p.306

Chapter 16

1. What did Harry and Hermione find at the cemetery? Dumbledore’s family’s and his parent’s headstones; the symbol in the book on a headstone p.325

Chapter 17

1. Summarize this chapter. 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 p.330

Chapter 18

1. What convinced Harry that Dumbledore wanted to conquer the Muggles? A letter Dumbledore wrote to Grindelwald when they were young p.357

Chapter 19

1. Summarize how Voldemort’s Horcrux tried to defeat Ron? Why? They knew Ron’s weakness because he wore the locket p.375

Chapter 20

1. Why is Mr. Lovegood nervous to see Harry? It’s dangerous to help him and he could get hurt p.402

Chapter 21

1. Summarize this chapter. 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 p.405

Chapter 22

1. What’s Harry obsessed with in this chapter? The Deathly Hallows and finding the Elder Wand p.428
2. Predict who’s outside the tent. Listen to your child’s answer p.445 

Chapter 23

1. Summarize how Harry and his friends were freed from Malfoy’s Manor. 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 p.463
2. Name a tragic event in this chapter. Hermione was tortured; Dobby died

Chapter 24

1. Who did Harry need to talk to in this chapter and why? 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 p.487

Chapter 25

1. Why is Bill’s warning to Harry important? Harry’s not being completely honest with Griphook about the sword and Griphook is going to hold him to his word p.516

Chapter 26

1. What trouble did Harry and his friends find themselves in as they entered Gringotts? 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 p.526

Chapter 27

1. Why does Harry feel the need to rush to the school? When Voldemort finds that Harry and Dumbledore have destroyed the other Horcrux’s, he’ll move the one in the school to another location p.550

Chapter 28

1. Summarize how Dumbledore’s mother and sister died. 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 p.564

Chapter 29

1. Why did Harry have such a difficult time letting Dumbledore’s Army help him and what convinced him to let them help? Hermione and Ron convinced him to let them help p.580

Chapter 30

1. Why is everyone gathering in this chapter and what are the heads of houses preparing for? A battle with Voldemort; trying to keep Voldemort out of the school long enough for Harry to find the last Horcrux p.595

Chapter 31

1. Summarize the events in the Room of Requirement. 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 p.628

Chapter 32

1. Why did Harry need to find Voldemort? To kill Nagini p.651
2. What did Snape give Harry and why were they important? His memories; so Harry could see who Snape really was and what Dumbledore needed him to know p.657

Chapter 33

1. What did Harry learn from Snape’s memories? 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 p.674

Chapter 34

1. Summarize this chapter. Harry walked to his death by finding Voldemort and didn’t pull out his wand p.691
2. Choose a word to describe Harry. Why did you choose that word? Listen to your child’s answer 

Chapter 35

1. Summarize Harry’s conversation with Dumbledore. 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 p.705

Chapter 36

1. What’s the secret Harry knew about the Elder Wand? Snape didn’t defeat Dumbledore, Draco did. The wand recognizes Draco as his master, so it won’t work for Voldemort p.742

Epilogue 

1. What did you like about the conclusion of this story? Listen to your child’s answer