Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Discussion Questions

Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday

1. How old does Harry turn on this birthday?
2. Who is supposed to come to dinner at the Dursley's house on the night of Harry's birthday?
3. What is Harry's punishment for pretending to cast a spell on Dudley?

Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning

1. What kind of creature is Dobby?
2. What does Dobby do when he thinks he has done something bad?
3. What has Dobby been hiding from Harry?

Chapter 3: The Burrow

1. Who lives at the Burrow?
2. How do Ron, Fred, and George rescue Harry from the Dursley's?
3. How are Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's reactions different to the boys using the flying car?

Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts

1. What does Flourish and Blotts sell?
2. Who wrote all but ones of the books required for Harry's second year at Hogwarts?
3. How do the Weasley's get to Diagon Alley?

Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow

1. How did the Weasley's fit all of their luggage in the trunk of the car?
2. How do Harry and Ron get to Hogwarts?
3. What happens to Ron's wand?

Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockheart

1. What special kind of letter does Ron receive from Mrs. Weasley?
2. Which class does Professor Lockheart teach?
3. What happens if you hear a fully-grown mandrake scream?

Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs

1. What is a mud blood?
2. What spell does Ron try to cast on Malfoy? Does it work?
3. What does Harry have to do for detention?

Chapter 8: The Deathday Party

1. What is the name of the group Nearly Headless Nick want to join? Why haven't they let him join?
2. What is the name of the ghost who haunts the girls' toilets?
3. What does the Heir of Slytherin write on the wall of the corridor?

Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall

1. What is a squib?
2. What is special about Professor Binns?
3. What kind of potion does Hermione suggest they use to investigate Malfoy?

Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger

1. What happens to Harry at the Quidditch match?
2. What is the name of the potion Madame Pomfrey uses to fix Harry's arm?
3. Who is petrified and brought to the infirmary while Harry is there regrowing the bones in his arm?

Chapter 11: The Dueling Club

1. Which teacher starts the dueling club, and which teacher assists him?
2. Who does Harry duel?
3. What special skill does Harry find out he has? 

Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion

1. What kind of animal does Professor Dumbledore have in his office? What happens to it when Harry first sees it?
2. What gift do the Dursley's send Harry for Christmas?
3. Who's hair does Hermione think she has for her portion of the Polyjuice Potion? Who's hair did she actually have?

Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary

1. Whose diary is thrown at Moaning Myrtle?
2. What do Harry, Ron, and Hermione find odd about the diary after they look through it?
3. What happens when Harry writes, "My name is Harry Potter," in the diary?

Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge

1. What will the mandrakes do that means they are ready to be turned into the potion to free the petrified victims?
2. Who do Harry and Ron find out is petrified after the Quidditch match is cancelled?
3. Where is Hagrid sent after being accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets?

Chapter 15: Aragog

1. What is special about the size of the spiders that follow Aragog?
2. How do Harry, Ron, and Fang escape the Forbidden Forest and Aragog's children?
3. Who was the girl that was killed the first time the Chamber of Secrets was opened?

Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets

1. What does Harry find in Hermione's hand?
2. What is a basilisk?
3. What does Hermione think the basilisk is using to travel around the school?

Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin

1. Who is in the Chamber of Secrets with Ginny when Harry finds her?
2. Who is Tom Riddle?
3. Who or what brings the Sorting Hat to Harry?

Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward

1. Which wizarding family does Dobby serve?
2. Who gave Ginny Tom Riddle's diary?
3. How does Harry free Dobby?