CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 31, O.W.L.s

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 118106


Discussion questions
>  
> 1. Why was Draco Malfoy next to Harry during their Charms 
>    exam? If they were called alphabetically, Draco must 
>    have been called long before Harry.
>
Carol responds:
Granted, there would be six people between Malfoy and Harry (Moon,
Nott, Parkinson, the Patil twins, and Sally-Anne Perks, SS/PS Am. ed.
131), just as there were during the Sorting ceremony, but IIRC, we're
told that Harry stepped up to an examiner who didn't have a student
with him at the moment. It's like being in line at a bank and going to
the "next available teller," who will not necessarily be next to the
teller serving the person in front of you. Or checking in your luggage
at an airport (where they've now resorted to holding up signs to tell
you which counter to go to). So Harry could easily have ended up next
to Draco, who would be finishing his exam as Harry began his.

Carol, wondering who Moon is