Harry seemed to be spinning very fast ... the roaring in his ears was deafening ... he tried to keep his eyes open but the whirl of green flames made him feel sick... Do you think it is easy for Harry to hear? Why or why not?

"Hermione pinched her nose and leaned closer to look at the putrid haggis." Why does Hermione pinch her nose?

What is this?

Soon, the crowd of gnomes in the field started walking away ina straggling line, their little shoulders hunched. Can you hunch your shoulders like a garden gnome?

If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in mortal danger. What does mortal mean?

Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley were all hanging, dumbstruck, out of Harry's window. Show me what Dudley looks like when he is dumbstruck.

I'm transparent and not very friendly. Girls especially avoid me and I cry all the time in my favorite bathroom stall.

I'm a student at Hogwarts, though my parents say Dumbledore isn't making good decisions. They're letting any old person in now. My father says it's just a matter of time before he's fired.

Evil-looking masks leered down from the walls, an assortment of human bones lay upon the counter and rusty, spiked instruments hung from the ceiling. Can you leer at me?

Uncle Vernon had even padlocked Harry's owl, Hedwig, inside her cage, to stop her carrying messages to anyone in the wizarding world. What does padlocked mean?

I'm a professor at Hogwarts. I teach transfiguration and I'm very strict.

Errol is the Weasleys' ancient owl. What does he do after he finishes a delivery?