Most burning Snape question?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 107827

Neri:
1) Was Snape in the graveyard with the other death eaters after 
> Voldemort was reborn?
> 
2) Did Snape go to Voldemort after Dumbledore asked him "are you ready"?
> 
3) Does Snape use Occlumency in his job for the Order?
>   
4) When Snape was a death eater, did he know Lucius was a death eater 
> too?
> 
5) Was Snape the eavesdropper who overheard the Prophecy in the Hog's 
> Head?
> 
6) Did Snape commit any terrible things during his time as a death eater?
> 
7) Did Voldemort originally sent Snape to Dumbledore as Voldemort's spy?
> 
8) Did Snape become a teacher in Hogwarts before or after the Potters' 
> death? 
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Carol adds:
Great job, Neri! You've touched on some important points. Only I don't
think they should be phrased as yes-or-no questions. I think they
should be reworded slightly to elicit a longer response, along the
lines of:

Where did Snape go at the end of "Goblet of Fire"?

What does Snape do for the Order?

Is Snape the DE Voldemort believes will not return and if so is
Voldemort correct? (Okay, JKR probably won't answer that one.)

Why wasn't Snape in the graveyard scene in GoF? (If he *was* there,
she'll say something sneaky like, "What makes you think he wasn't there?)

What terrible things, if any, did Snape do while he was a Death Eater?

Where was Snape when the Potters were killed?

Etc. You get the idea.

I would also like to know how old Snape was when he joined the Death
Eaters, whether his main contact now is Lucius Malfoy or Voldemort
himself, where he lives during the summer, what happened to his
parents, and a lot of other things that won't help us much but would
assuage my curiosity. There's also the question Kneasy asked some time
ago about why the sixteen-year-old Severus didn't reveal that Remus
Lupin was a werewolf and Sirius Black had tried to kill him.

Carol, who congratulates Laura and wishes her good luck in getting her
question answered!