Ch. 7 questions

[katzefan at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24423

Coming in a little late here ... 

 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 assume that yes, Dumbledore knows about it. In PS/SS, Hagrid 
tells Harry he's not allowed to use magic "now I've got yeh" but 
he does use a bit anyway, to get the boat back to shore faster. I 
think Dumbledore is well aware of Hagrid's occasional use of 
magic and overlooks it -- as he tends to overlook many of the 
things Harry, Hermione and Ron do. As for the MoM, we know 
they keep a close eye on underage wizards, butI wonder how 
close they would watch Hagrid - he's hardly underage. I think if 
he used some major magic, he (and Dumbledore) might have 
some explaining to do.

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

Money talks - apparently even in the Wizard world, at least to 
some extent. We're told that Draco does, in fact, fly fairly well, so 
it's not as though a complete oaf like Crabbe or Goyle is trying to 
buy their way onto a team. Again from Dumbledore's point of 
view, I think he's picking his battles carefully and this one just 
isn't worth the amount of yelling and shouting that would ensue if 
Draco (and all those brand-new brooms) were rejected.

  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?

Already answered this one - no, I don't think it's a spell, just 
thirty-seven perfectly capped teeth and a lot of surface glitz. (Also 
he's written all those books so he's famous, and he's got a 
great ability to smarm all over everybody.)

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

Didn't have a clue. 

  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?

Well, they could hardly miss the danger, considering the havoc 
Ron unintentionally wreaks with it. I'm assuming that (a) 
anything the wand can do, Madame Pomfrey can undo; and (b) 
they would not want to embarrass a student by ordering them to 
purchase something their family can't afford.