Chapter Summary - PoA 10 & 11

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> Questions:
> 
> 1. It occurs to Harry that the Marauder's Map may be a Dark object; 
it puts him in mind of Mr. Weasley's dictum about mysterious magical 
objects, and he hesitates to use it, but overcomes his doubts "quite 
suddenly, as though following orders."  What do you make of the pull 
the Map seems to have on him?

This is a really good question. You would think that Harry would have 
learned his lesson from Tom Riddle's diary but alas teenage boys, (and 
girls too) often have a very hard time resisting temptation, not to 
mention that the twins had been using it for quite sometime without 
encountering any trouble.

2. If you could buy one treat at Honeydukes, what would it be?

Definitely Chocolate frogs, I'd love to have one of those collector's 
cards.
 
3. What do you think--=does= Sirius get into Hogwarts by the secret 
passages?  If not, how?

I definitely think that Sirius has been using the whomping willow 
entrance. Number one because he's probably been hiding out in the 
shrieking shack and because he finds H,H & R right around that spot. 
He's incredibly weak from Azkaban I doubt he has the strength to get 
in any other way. But I do have a question. Sirius has to use the 
wands he takes from Harry so how does he turn into an animagus, is 
this something that doesn't require a wand? Just a thought.
 
4. Fudge says that Black's part in the Potters' deaths "isn't widely 
known." Is there any significance to the reason why not, i.e., is it 
deliberately being kept secret, and if so, why?

I don't really have an answer for this but a comment, why is Fudge so 
determined not to believe V is back? Doesn't power (such as being 
Minister of Magic) do funny things to people? I'm not so sure about 
this guy.

6. How does the Fidelius Charm work?  Does it hide you from 
everybody, from one person only, from a selected list . . . ?

Maybe just from Evil. Maybe the reason Sirius knew where they were was 
because he really wasn't evil.
 
7. What about the Marauder's Map?  The usual questions: in 2 ½ 
years, why didn't Fred and George ever notice that their brother was 
frequently accompanied by some guy named Peter Pettigrew?  does it 
show all of Hogwarts?  does it show ghosts?  Etc. . . .

In my imagination the map has to show all of Hogwarts and anybody in 
it. But would Ron ever be somewhere alone or in a small group where 
one name would stand out while the boys were marauding? It seems to me 
that the twins used the map to sneak around probably after hours when 
Ron would be in a dorm with about 50 or more people all those 
overlapping names in one spot might explain them missing one.

 
10. Is Trelawney's prediction that either Ron or Harry will 
predecease the others at the table going to come true?

I hope not, but there was a rumor I read once that the books would 
stop at seven not just because Harry will be graduating Hogwarts but 
because he will be dead. I hope it was a bad rumor.
 
11. Why does Lupin flee when Trelawney offers to crystal gaze for 
him?
 
Maybe it reminds him too much of his nemesis the moon, and is worried 
about it having an ill effect on him?