Chapter 7 Summary and Questions

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kristin" <Alyeskakc at a...> wrote:
> Hi All~
> 
> Sorry this is a bit late. Here's the summary for Chapter 7 of CoS. 
> Chapter 8 will be coming along shortly. Enjoy! :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>      Kristin "the Queen of Procrastination"
> 
> 
> 
Domo danku, Kristin!
> 
>   1)How does Hagrid get away with using his wand?  Does Dumbledore  
>     know that Hagrid uses it and just tends to overlook it? What 
>     about the MoM?

I think that Dumbledore knows and has pretty much told Hagrid not to 
do anything overt.  Hagrid adores Dumbledore and probably sticks close 
by his word on this.   The reason I'm sure is that Hagrid got "special 
permission" to do magic to collect Harry in PS/SS.  So Dumbledore 
must've made some arrangements with the MOM.  

But now that he's been proven innocent, you'd think they'd let him 
have a new wand.

> 
>   2)Why would Hogwarts allow Draco to buy his way onto the Slytherin 
>     Quidditch team? Are they that afraid of Lucius Malfoy?

Or they needed new brooms that badly.   Or they needed the wizard 
money that badly. 
> 
>   3)Why do you think Hermione and the other women (with the 
exception
>     of McGonagall) can't see what a fraud Lockhart is? Do you think 
>     he uses some sort of charm that only affects females?

Nah.  Hermione's 12, and pobody's nerfect.  McGonagall is a tough 
cookie who doesn't hold with tomfoolery.  

> 
>   4)When you first read CoS, who did you think the mysterious voice 
>     was?

I had no idea. 
> 
>   5)Why would they let a student keep a broken wand? Doesn't the 
>     staff think it could be dangerous since a broken wand is 
>     unpredictable?

Perhaps since Ron was only 2nd year at this point they didn't think 
the wand could produce any major dangerous effects because the wizard 
who owned the broken wand didn't know any major dangerous effects 
himself?