Question

ections: for the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. part a: what is the central idea of the passage? a. harry feels alone because his family fears his powers, and he cant be around his friends where he feels comfortable expressing himself. b. harry completes chores for petunia because he believes that being obedient is important to supporting a strong and united family. c. harry behaves and decides not to cast any spells because he cannot use magic outside of school and he is afraid the dursleys will find out about his magical powers. d. harry argues with uncle vernon because he believes his uncles hatred of people who are different is unfair, and he wants his uncle to treat all people fairly. 2. part b: what evidence from the text best supports the answer from part a? a. \harry tried to argue back but his words were drowned by a long, loud belch from the dursleys son, dudley.\ (paragraph 6) b. \ever since harry had come home for the summer holidays, uncle vernon had been treating him like a bomb that might go off at any moment, because harry potter wasnt a normal boy.\ (paragraph 23) c. \aunt petunia knew he hadnt really done magic, but he still had to duck as she aimed a heavy blow at his head with the soapy frying - pan.\ (paragraph 80) d. \while dudley lolled around watching and eating ice cream, harry cleaned the windows, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flowerbeds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench.\ (paragraph 81) 3. part a: which of the following best defines what uncle vernon means when he says \abnormality\ in paragraph 19? a. harrys evil nature b. harrys special powers c. harrys different appearance from the dursleys d. harrys teasing attitude 4. part b: what quote from the text best supports this definition? a. \how dare you threaten dudley! roared uncle vernon, pounding the table with his fist.\ (paragraph 17) b. \uncle vernon sat back down...watching harry closely out of the corners of his small, sharp eyes.\ (paragraph 22) c. \uncle vernon had been treating him like a bomb that might go off at any moment\ (paragraph 23) d. \as a matter of fact, he was as not normal as it is possible to be. harry potter was a wizard.\ (paragraphs 23 - 24)

Explanation:

1. PART A: Analyzing the options, C best captures Harry's behavior of not casting spells due to fear of the Dursleys discovering his magic.
2. PART B: Option C shows Uncle Vernon treating Harry like a bomb because of his magical nature, supporting the idea in PART A.
3. PART A: Uncle Vernon refers to Harry's special powers as "abnormality", so B is correct.
4. PART B: Option D explicitly states Harry is a wizard, which is what Uncle Vernon considers abnormal, supporting the answer in PART A.

Answer:

1. PART A: C. Harry behaves and decides not to cast any spells because he cannot use magic outside of school and he is afraid the Dursleys will find out about his magical powers.
2. PART B: C. "Uncle Vernon had been treating him like a bomb that might go off at any moment" (Paragraph 23)
3. PART A: B. Harry's special powers
4. PART B: D. "As a matter of fact, he was as not normal as it is possible to be. Harry Potter was a wizard." (Paragraphs 23 - 24)