Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ch 16-22

Harry Potter and the First Time Readers

Chapter 16 - The Goblet of Fire

• “Oh I haven’t got a single quill on me—” “Do you think he’d sign y hat in lipstick?” “Really,” Hermione said loftily, as they passed the girls, not squabbling over the lipstick. “I’m getting his autograph if I can,” said Ron, “you haven’t got a quill, have you, Harry?”

Q1 - Who is the most famous person you have ever met?

• “What’s that?” said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding. “Bouillabaisse,” said Hermione. “Bless you,” siad Ron.”’

Q2 - Which students do you like more so far? Also, give me a power ranking of the houses of Hogwarts now?

• “Excuse me, are you wanting ze bouillabaisse?" It was the girl from Beauxbatons who had laughed during Dumbledore's speech. She had finally removed her muffler. A long sheet of silvery-blonde hair fell almost to her waist. She had large, deep blue eyes, and very white, even teeth. Ron went purple. He stared up at her, opened his mouth to reply, but nothing came out except a faint gurgling noise. "Yeah, have it," said Harry, pushing the dish toward the girl. "You 'ave finished wiz it?" "Yeah," Ron said breathlessly. "Yeah, it was excellent." The girl picked up the dish and carried it carefully off to the Ravenclaw table. Ron was still goggling at the girl as though he had never seen one before. Harry started to laugh. The sound seemed to jog Ron back to his senses. "She's a veela!" he said hoarsely to Harry.

Q3 - How had your opinions of Ron, Hermione, and Harry changed over the last few books?

• “Placing your name in the Goblet constitutes a binding magical contract.”

Q4 - What kinds of magical binding contracts do you think exist?

Q5 - Is it insane that they have to bind to a contract and they don’t know what they have to face yet?

Q6 - What is the difference between Harry’s fame and Krums?

• The entrance hall rang with laughter. Even Fred and George joined in, once they had gotten to their feet and taken a good look at each other's beards. "I did warn you," said a deep, amused voice, and everyone turned to see Professor Dumbledore coming out of the Great Hall. He surveyed Fred and George, his eyes twinkling. "I suggest you both go up to Madam Pomfrey. She is already tending to Miss Fawcett, of Ravenclaw, and Mr. Summers, of Hufflepuff, both of whom decided to age themselves up a little too. Though I must say, neither of their beards is anything like as fine as yours."

Q7 - How great is Dumbledore?

• They couldn’t hear what Hagrid was saying, but he was talking to Madame Maxime with a rapt, misty-eyed expression Harry had only ever seen him wear once before — when he had been looking at the baby dragon, Norbert.”
• “The Hogwarts champion,” he called, “is Cedric Diggory.” “No! “ said Ron loudly, but nobody heard him except Harry; the uproar from the next table was too great. Every single Hufflepuff had jumped to his or her feet, screaming and stamping, as Cedric made his way past them, grinning broadly, and headed off toward the chamber behind the teachers' table. Indeed, the applause for Cedric went on so long that it was some time before Dumbledore could make himself heard again.

Q8 - How do you feel about Cedric being the Hogwarts Champion?

• Automatically, it seemed, Dumbledore reached out a long hand and seized the parchment. He held it out and stared at the name written upon it. There was a long pause, during which Dumbledore stared at the slip in his hands, and everyone in the room stared at Dumbledore. And then Dumbledore cleared his throat and read out—”Harry Potter.”

Q9 - Thoughts about Harry in the tournament?

Chapter 17 - The Four Champions

Q1 - Harry has to be embarrassed here…what is the most embarrassed you’ve ever been?

• “Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?” Dumbeldore asked calmly.

Q2 - How do you think Harry’s name got in the Goblet of fire?

• “Maybe someone’s hoping Potter is going to die for it,” said Moody, with the merest trace of a growl.

Q3 - Would you want to enter into the Triwizard Tournament?

Q4 - Who do you think is going to win out of the four champions?

• “Listen,” said Harry, “I didn’t put my name in that Goblet. Someone else mustv’e done it.”

Q5 - Why doesn’t Ron believe Harry?

Q6 - Is Moody’s eye massively inappropriate at a school full of children?

Chapter 18 - The Weighing of the Wands

• “Hello,” she said, holding up a stack of toast, which she was carrying in a napkin. “ brought you this…want to go for a walk?”

Q1 - How amazing is Hermione?

• Hagrid’s beetle black eyes looked anxious under his wild eyebrows. “No idea who put yeh in fer it, Harry?” “You believe I didn’t do it, then?” Said Harry, concealing with difficulty the rush of gratitude he felt at Hagrid’s words.
• Harry didn’t answer. Yes, everything did see to happen to him…that was more or less what Hermione had said as they had walked around the lake, and that was the reason, according to her, that Ron was no longer talking to him.
• He thought he could have coped with the rest of the schools behavior if he could just have Ron back as a friend.

Q2 - Harry mentions that he wanted to use the cruciatus curse on Snape…do you think he’s serious?

• “Testing…my name is Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet reporter.” … “Attractive blond Rita Skeeter, forty three, whose savage quill had punctured many inflated reputations —”

Q3 - How do you like Rita Skeeter after this interview?

Q4 - Fleur’s wand contains another magical object, do you think Veela hair would make a good wand core?

Q5 - Do you think Gregorovitch wands are as good as Olivanders?

Q6 - Why do you think Olivander spends more time examining Harry’s wand?

Q7 - Do you think Sirius is coming back to the castle?

Chapter 19 - The Hungarian Horntail

Q1 - So Rita Skeeter is putting words in Harry’s mouth, which is wrong, but is what she’s saying making Harry more likeable?

• “I didn’t start this,” Harry said stubbornly. “It’s his problem.” “You miss him!” Hermione said impatiently. “And I know he misses you—”

Let’s give an ode to friends that we miss!

Q2 - Harry cloak seems pretty special…do you think anyone else has invisibility cloaks at the school?

Q3 - The school got nesting mother dragons that the champions need to get past…is this tournament really that safe?

Q4 - Would you be happy or more stressed that you saw the dragons before the task?

Q5 - What is the scariest thing you’ve ever done?

Q6 - How would you get past a dragon?

Q7 - What do you think of the info that Sirius gave about Karkaroff?

• “We know he’s a good actor,” said Sirius, “because he convinced the Ministry of Magic to set him free, didn’t he?”

Q8 - Who do you think that intruder who tried to stop Moody was?

• “Right — these dragons,” said Sirius speaking very quickly now. “There’s a way, Harry…You can do it alone. There is a way, and a simple spell’s all you need. Just —” But Harry held up a hand to silence him, his heart suddenly pounding as though it would burst. He could hear footsteps coming down the spiral staircase behind him.

Q9 - Would you have let Sirius finish his sentence, or done what Harry did?

Chapter 20 - The First Task

• Somehow the knowledge that he would rather be here and facing a dragon than back in Privet Drive with Dudley was good to know; it made him feel slightly calmer.

Q1 - How would you feel if you just got a new handbag and Harry Potter comes and splits it down the middle?

• Harry wouldn’t have let his worst enemy face those monsters unprepared — well, perhaps Malfoy or Snape…

Q2 - What is the character qualities of Harry that you like and dislike?

Q3 - How do you like Moody’s dark detectors?

Q4 - What do you think of the cheating going on at the Tournament?

Q5 - What do you think of Bagman trying to help Harry with this task?

• “Harry,” he said, very seriously, “whoever put your name in that Goblet — I — I reckon they’re trying to do you in!” It was as though the last few weeks had never happened — as though Harry was meeting Ron for the first time, right after he’d been made champion…Ron grinned nervously at him and Harry grinned back. Hermione burst into tears. “There’s nothing to cry about!” Harry told her, bewildered. “You two are so stupid!”

Q6 - Thoughts on Cedred sacrificing a labrador?

Chapter 21 - The House-Elf Liberation Front

Q1 - Do you think Karkaroff is the one who put Harry’s name in?

• It was hollow and completely empty — but the moment Harry opened it, the most horrible noise, a loud and screechy wail, filled the room. The nearest thing to it Harry had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party, who had all been playing the musical saw.

Q2 - What do you think is the clue in the egg?

Q3 - Where do you think Hagrid got these Blast-Ended Screwts?

• “I arose, I settled myself before it, and I gazed into its crystalline depths…and what do you think I saw gazing back at me?” “An ugly old bat in outsized specs?” Ron muttered under his breath. Harry fought hard to keep his face straight. “Death my dears.” Pavarti and Lavendar both put their hands over their mouths, looking horrified. “Yes,” said Professor Trelawney, nodding impressively, “It comes, ever close, it circles overheard like a vulture, ever lower…ever lower over the castle….”

Q4 - Thoughts about this prediction?

• He had one brief glimpse of an enormous, high-ceilinged room, large as the Great Hall above it, with mounds of glittering brass pots and pans heaped around the stone walls, and a great brick fireplace at the other end, when something small hurtled toward him from the middle of the room, squealing, “Harry Potter, sir! Harry Potter!” Next second all the wind had been knocked out of him as the squealing elf hit him hard in the midriff, hugging him so tightly he thought his ribs would break. “D-Dobby?” Harry gasped. “It is Dobby, sir, it is!” squealed the voice from somewhere around his navel. “Dobby has been hoping and hoping to see Harry Potter, sir, and Harry Potter has come to see him, sir!”

Q5 - What are your thoughts on Dobby being back in the story?

• “And Professor Dumbledore says he will pay Dobby, sir, if Dobby wants paying! And so Dobby is a free elf, sir, and Dobby gets a Galleon a week and one day off a month!” “That’s not very much!” Hermione shouted indignantly from the floor, over Winky’s continued screaming and fist-beating. “Professor Dumbledore offered Dobby ten Galleons a week, and weekends off,” said Dobby, suddenly giving a little shiver, as though the prospect of so much leisure and riches were frightening, “but Dobby beat him down, miss. … Dobby likes freedom, miss, but he isn’t wanting too much, miss, he likes work better.”

Q6 - Does this change your thoughts on Dumbledore or on house elves (SPEW)?

• “Dobby likes Professor Dumbledore very much, sir, and is proud to keep his secrets for him.”

Q7 - What does Dobby mean here?

Q8 - Thoughts on Winky and her dislike of Bagman?

Chapter 22 - The Unexpected Task

• “It is traditional,” said Professor McGonagall firmly. “You are a Hogwarts champion, and you will do what is expected of you as a representative of the school. So make sure you get yourself a partner, Potter.”

Q1 - What are your thoughts on McGonagall?

Q2 - Do you ever remember getting rejected for asking someone out?

• “Ron, can we borrow Pigwidgeon?” George asked. “No, he’s off delivering a letter,” said Ron. “Why?” “Because George wants to invite him to the ball,” said Fred sarcastically. “Because we want to send a letter, you stupid great prat,” said George. “Who d’you two keep writing to, eh?” said Ron. “Nose out, Ron, or I’ll burn that for you too,” said Fred, waving his wand threateningly. “So … you lot got dates for the ball yet?” “Nope,” said Ron. “Well, you’d better hurry up, mate, or all the good ones will be gone,” said Fred. “Who’re you going with, then?” said Ron. “Angelina,” said Fred promptly, without a trace of embarrassment. “What?” said Ron, taken aback. “You’ve already asked her?” “Good point,” said Fred. He turned his head and called across the common room. “Oi! Angelina!” Angelina, who had been chatting with Alicia Spinnet near the fire, looked over at him. “What?” she called back. “Want to come to the ball with me?” Angelina gave Fred an appraising sort of look. “All right, then,” she said, and she turned back to Alicia and carried on chatting with a bit of a grin on her face. “There you go,” said Fred to Harry and Ron, “piece of cake.”

Q3 - Who are Fred and George writing to?

Q4 - Who is your favorite character outside of the trio?

• But every time he glimpsed Cho that day — during break, and then lunchtime, and once on the way to History of Magic — she was surrounded by friends. Didn’t she ever go anywhere alone? Could he perhaps ambush her as she was going into a bathroom? But no — she even seemed to go there with an escort of four or five girls. Yet if he didn’t do it soon, she was bound to have been asked by somebody else.

Q5 - We’ve come into contact with a Bezoar before…do you know what it is and what it does?

• Giggling should be made illegal, Harry thought furiously, as all the girls around Cho started doing it. She didn’t, though. She said, “Okay,” and followed him out of earshot of her classmates.

Q6 - How do you like Cho so far?

• Entering the common room, Harry looked around, and to his surprise he saw Ron sitting ashen-faced in a distant corner. Ginny was sitting with him, talking to him in what seemed to be a low, soothing voice. “What’s up, Ron?” said Harry, joining them.

Q7 - At this point in the story, who did you think Hermione was going with?

Q8 - How do you like Ginny?

Q9 - What do you think of Parvati and Harry?