Rewrite “Harry Potter” and We’ll Guess Which Book Is Your Favorite

By: Talin Vartanian
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Rewrite “Harry Potter” and We’ll Guess Which Book Is Your Favorite
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About This Quiz

From wands and unicorns to spell charms and invisibility cloaks, "Harry Potter" is an epic book and movie series that explores a magical wizardry world. It follows the story of "the boy who lived," otherwise known as Harry Potter himself. With the help of his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, the golden trio embark on many exciting and daring adventures. But their ultimate goal is to find out more about Harry's past and defeat the dark lord known as Voldemort.

That may sound all fine and dandy, but some of the readers dislike certain elements in the book series. There were many questions that remained unanswered, as well as several plot holes that seemed to be forgotten about. So if you were in charge of the "Harry Potter" storyline, how would you change it? Would you place Harry into Ravenclaw instead of Gryffindor? Or, would you change the basilisk enemy in "Chamber of Secrets" to something more adorable like a fluffy rabbit? Or, perhaps you have a more grim ending in mind for Harry and his friends? Wherever your imagination takes you, it's time to take this magical quiz so we can guess which book is your #1 favorite pick!

1-Harry
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Who should the main protagonist be instead of Harry?
Ron Weasley
Hermione Granger
Draco Malfoy
It should still be Harry.

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2-Death
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Which of these characters didn't deserve an early death?
Lily Potter
Sirius Black
Cedric Diggory
Fred Weasley

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3-Slytherin
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How would you have sorted the main characters into the Hogwarts houses?
Harry should have been in Slytherin.
Hermione should have been in Ravenclaw.
Ron should have been in Hufflepuff.
Keep everything the same.

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4-Dragon
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What kind of mythical creature should have guarded the Sorcerer's Stone instead of Fluffy?
I like Fluffy!
Centaur
Griffin
Dragon

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5-Pheonix
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Hedwig was portrayed as Harry's owl, but what kind of creature would be better suited for him?
Pixie
Snake
Phoenix
Leave Hedwig the owl alone.

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6-Bellatrix Lestrange
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Who should have faced Harry in battle at the end of Sorcerer's Stone?
Lord Voldemort was the perfect villain.
Draco Malfoy
Quirinus Quirrell
Bellatrix Lestrange

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7-Dursley’s
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How would you change the personalities of the Dursley’s?
I would have made them much nicer to Harry.
I wouldn't.
I would cut them out of the books.
I would have killed them off early on.

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8-Luna Lovegood
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Which of these characters is better suited for the Parseltongue language?
Draco Malfoy
Just Harry
Hermione Granger
Luna Lovegood

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9-Diary
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Instead of a diary, what would you have used as the "Chamber of Secrets" horcrux?
Wand
I would keep the diary.
Coin
Map

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10-Neville Longbottom
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Who should have been possessed by Voldemort instead of Ginny?
Hermione
Ginny was the perfect choice.
Neville Longbottom
Draco Malfoy

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11-Newt Scamander
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Which of these "Fantastic Beasts" characters would somehow make an appearance in the "Harry Potter" book series?
Newt Scamander
Queenie Goldstein
Jacob Kowalski
Porpentina Goldstein

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12-Stag
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How would you change Harry Potter's patronus?
Otter
Doe
Phoenix
Leave it as a stag.

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13-Sirius Black
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Would you have made Sirius Black into a seriously evil character?
I would make him an evil character who turns good by the end.
No, I would leave him as is.
I would take him out of the books.
Yes, I would make him a supporter of Voldemort.

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14-Spell
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What kind of spell should have kept the dementors away?
Expelliarmus
I still like "Expecto Patronum."
Lumos
Avada Kedavra

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15-time-turner
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How would you change the rules of the time-turner that Hermione uses?
The user can be in the past for more than five hours.
I would leave those rules alone.
The user can be in the past for under five hours.
I would get rid of this stupid time-turner.

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16-Triwizard Tournament
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Who should have been chosen as the champion of Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament?
Harry Potter
Angelina Johnson
Leave Cedric Diggory alone.
Cho Chang

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17-Triwizard Tournament
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What would you add as a fourth task in the Triwizard Tournament?
Conquering your worst fear all by yourself
Finding an object in the Forbidden Forest
I only like three tasks.
Finding materials to make a certain potion in under two hours

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18-Voldemort
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Who should have killed Cedric instead of Peter Pettigrew?
Voldemort should have killed him.
I would have kept Cedric alive.
It should still be Peter Pettigrew.
I would make Harry kill him, accidentally.

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19-Horace Slughorn
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Who should have taught Defense Against the Dark Arts in the fifth book?
Rubeus Hagrid
Sybill Trelawney
I like Dolores Umbridge.
Horace Slughorn

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20-Dumbledore's Army
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How would you rename Harry's defense group in "Order of the Phoenix?"
Dumbledore's Clan
Dumbledore's Guild
Keep "Dumbledore's Army."
Dumbledore's Order

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21-Dumbledore
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Do you think that Dumbledore should have taken credit for Harry's "Dumbledore's Army" group?
I think this detail is irrelevant.
He should have came up with another excuse.
Yes, he did it to keep Harry out of harm's way.
No, he should have stayed out of it.

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22-Ron and Hermione
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Which of these "Harry Potter" couples makes you shake your head in disbelief?
Ron and Hermione
Harry and Ginny
Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks
Rolf Scamander and Luna Lovegood

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23-Harry Potter
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Would you have made Harry Potter into a horcrux?
Wait, he's a horcrux?
I would have turned someone else into a horcrux.
Nope, I don't think people should be horcruxes.
Yes, it moves the plot forward.

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24-Dumbledore
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Would you have allowed Snape to kill Dumbledore?
No, I think Voldemort should have killed him instead.
Harry should have done it.
Yes, Snape was the best choice.
Dumbledore shouldn't have died at all.

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25-Harry
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Which of these plot holes would you fix in the books?
What was Dumbledore doing at the Ministry of Magic in the first book?
Helena Ravenclaw should have been on the Marauder's Map.
Why does Dumbledore understand Parseltongue?
How does Hermione end up riding a Thestral?

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26-Deathly Hollows
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What extra object would you add to the Deathly Hallows?
Probity Probe
Remembrall
Foe-glass
It's better with three objects.

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27-Wand
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Instead of a phoenix feather core, Harry's wand should have had a ...
Don't change the phoenix feather core.
Dragon heartstring core
Unicorn hair
Thestral tail-hair

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28-Harry
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Do you think that Harry should have died at the end?
Yes, but he would still "live" as some kind of ghost.
No, but either Ron or Hermione should have died instead.
Yes, that would have been a more heroic ending.
No way, that would ruin the books.

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29-Harry and Dumbledore
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What should Harry have asked Dumbledore "in death?"
"Did you know this would happen all along?"
"Is all of this real?"
"Is there a way you can come back?"
Harry asked all the right questions in the book.

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30-Hermione
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Instead of joining the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, where should Hermione have ended up?
She should have joined up with Harry and Ron at the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic.
She should have been a stay-at-home mom.
She should have became a professor at Hogwarts.
That was the best ending for her.

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