Chapter 305: The End
Thursday's Defence Against the Dark Arts exam.
This course, which had a bumpy fate at Hogwarts, was the most confident exam for this class of young wizards.
Whether it was a written test or a practice, the little wizards who came out of the auditorium in a relaxed atmosphere, and even the Gryffindor was laughing.
Scrimgeour was not an examiner, but as the head of the Auror Office, he would come over every year to inspect and inspect every student.
Not many students qualify to become Aurors every year.
This year is an exception.
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, these are the students he has seen and confirmed that they are very good, although the other students are still far from Hermione, Ron, Neville. But how much do students like Hermione, Neville have to produce in a year?
This group of students is much better than last year's.
He grabbed the bit and asked.
The result also made him very happy, most of the Gryffindors were willing to become an Auror, and many of the Hufflepuffs also had such thoughts, although the ones he liked the most, such as the Ravenclaw prefect and the Hufflepuff prefect, did not want to become an Auror.
Excellent students don't want to be Aurors!
Scrimgeour roared at the Black Lake, and was sprayed by the fish-man with the clear water of the Black Lake.
Exams for some electives begin on Friday.
This day was the ancient rune, except for those students who took this course, or chose this course to take the exam, the other young wizards finally ushered in a short break, including the weekend, a total of three days.
Hufflepuff was egged on by Gryffindor to drink three broomsticks in the dark.
After all, next Monday, they're going to face Potions class.
The theory of Potions class is just as difficult as the written exam of Herbal Medicine.
The little wizards were desperate about this before the exam.
Ke Zhen picked up the quill, sat at the table, and when they looked at these exam questions, they were surprised to find that many of the questions were still fresh in their minds.
As soon as they saw these topics, Professor Snape's kind voice rang in their ears.
"Mr. Longbottom, your brain has been picked up and played with by trolls again? Why not wait until it is completely heated before adding porcupine thorns and preparing to blow up a crucible, the Longbottom family is still so rich? β
"Why don't you lift up your noble forelimbs and write down what Mr. Potter said? Also, Mr. Potter Gryffindor deducted five points. β
"Mr. Potter, deduct five points! Why stop Mr. Longbottom from adding dung stones, and watch him fry the pot again and send himself to the school infirmary? And Mr. Longbottom, five points, I remember saying very clearly, wait for the mandrake juice to dye all the potions before adding dungstone! β
"Mr. Potter, deduct five points!"
Oh.
No, that last sentence has nothing to do with the exam.
After the exam, the little wizards walked out of the auditorium with complicated expressions.
His mind was filled with Professor Snape's whispered and gentle "Mr. Potter, Mr. Longbottom", followed by "Gryffindor deduct five points".
"I think Professor Snape deducted us a thousand points for the understatement." Outside the auditorium, Ron fingered, "Oh my God, when I was taking exams, Professor Snape was all about deducting points, deducting points, deducting points"
Hermione winked at him.
Ron was still looking down, complaining intently, "And Neville." β
"He's so pitiful, he's better now, Neville was really bullied before."
Snape's whisper interrupted him, "Really? Looks like Mr. Weasley has a problem with his Potions professor? β
Ron froze.
He turned his head stiffly like a robot, and when he saw the cold face of the marble sculpture with a greasy head, he forced a smile: "Professor Snape, I don't."
"I can think about all these bells and whistles when I take exams, and I don't have expectations for my grades." Snape sneered, raised his right hand, pressed Ron's head, and shook it, "It's so big for nothing, but it's empty, nothing?" β
"Gryffindor deducts ten!"
"Mr. Weasley's prudence in words and deeds is a rare human virtue, and you should study it well."
Ron bowed his head, "Yes, Professor Snape." β
Snape glanced at Harry, then quickly looked away and landed on Neville, who was not far away.
Neville mustered up his courage, didn't panic at all, and looked at him calmly.
Neville has changed a lot this year.
Most notably, in Potions class, he was no longer afraid of Snape, or rather, he was able to accept his imperfections, and when he made mistakes and was scolded, he quietly endured it, and improved according to Professor Snape's criticism - this was useful, not that his talent in Potions class was revealed, but that Snape was no longer as scolding as before.
"Looks like you're all a little slack." Snape snorted, "I have to stress again, only if you get an O will you be eligible to continue my classes in the sixth year. β
He flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.
The left arm has been hidden under the robe.
On Tuesday's Conservation Magical Beasts exam, the examiner was a short, gray-haired, beautifully curled, and old-fashioned freckles on his face, who was not good at words, and was careful to greet the little wizards, but he had a good conversation with Hagrid, and used the same name for the dangerous magical creatures: "Little cuties".
Not a single young wizard despised him because of his appearance.
They were in the fifth grade, not the kind of little wizard who had just entered the school and didn't know much about the world, and they had already taken the Magical Beasts protection class for three years, and they knew very well how rare it was for a Fantastic Beasts master to retain his limbs intact and not even suffer many injuries at such an old age and after such a wealth of life experience.
Not everyone is as blessed as Hagrid.
He's a half-blood giant!
The average person is not so rough and thick-skinned.
Professor Scamander was much hotter on the inside than he looked on the outside, and he crept behind the little wizards in both the written test and the practice, scrutinizing their answers and behaviors, and even coughing a few times to make some reminders that would not affect the big grades.
Of course, many times, the little wizard felt inexplicable, and cared about his body very much, and did not perceive his intentions.
Astronomy and soothsayers were taken together.
Astronomy is okay, as long as you memorize the star map, there will hardly be any big problems.
Divination is a headache for many young wizards, and they have to rack their brains to figure out how to make it up.
There are even people who go out of their way and say outrageous claims that they should have died last month.
In the evening, they need to draw a star map by their own hands.
A lot of young wizards aren't good at drawing.
Ron confused Mars with Venus more than once, but fortunately, he memorized the star chart very well, and when he finally checked it, he still barely placed the stars in the right place, but the invigilator couldn't help but shake his head Ron was probably a little dangerous in this class.
The final subject on the OWLS exam is the history of magic.
This is the least popular of all exams.
Not that it's hard.
It's this exam, which requires a lot of spelling, and there are a lot of words that they don't know.
Wait for the exam to end.
Neville grabbed Ron, "Damn it, why didn't we spell the word "rebellion" when asked about the elves in the past few hundred years, and we had to write it ourselves?" β
"I just remember it started with in?"
Seamus smiled: "Why not war?" That's easy to spell, just three letters. β
"War and rebellion are two different things." Hermione emphasized, "If you write about war, not rebellion, you will be deducted points." β
Seamus was stunned.
Ron spelled out the word "rebellion" smoothly.
"Ron, how could you!" Neville looked at Ron incredulously, a look of "you betrayed us" on his face.
Roenpi laughed twice: "Last year, I was caught by Professor Granger and Professor Porter to study grammar, do you know the dictionary?" β
"So thick!" He gestured, about the height of a fist, "I've finished reciting it in half a year." β
"Hagrid too, he carried it too."
"There are almost no words I can't spell right now."
He tugged at his hair: "I feel that it is perfectly fine for me to go to an ordinary university." β
"So, Mr. Weasley, ask a question." Hermione spoke, "Assuming that the Hogwarts Turbo is two hundred inches long, and it travels through the two-hundred-inch tunnel at a speed of ten inches per second, how many seconds does it take to enter the tunnel from the front of the car to the rear of the car to exit the tunnel?" β
A very simple elementary school arithmetic problem.
Ron's eyes straightened when he heard this, and after a long moment, he stammered: "Hermione, you can't ask this question, how can the Hogwarts Express be only two hundred inches long." β
"So I said what if." Hermione shook her head.
Ron coughed lightly: "We are wizards, we don't need the knowledge of these ordinary people, let's discuss the goblin rebellion, how many times have they rebelled in the past three hundred years?" β
"I didn't feel anything before, I always felt that they often rebelled."
"My grandmother said that elves have never been peaceful creatures." Neville muttered.
History of magic is the last exam for the vast majority of young wizards.
A few also have a "Muggle Studies" or "Arithmetic Divination".
Hermione, of course, did not miss either exam.
Friday dinner.
The auditorium has been transformed from an "owls" classroom-specific dΓ©cor to a four-table auditorium setting.
The fifth-year wizards sang and celebrated their freedom from the Owls.
The sixth and seventh graders looked at them with compassion on their faces.
They think they have just left hell, but in reality they are just going from a relatively easy hell to an even harsher and colder hell.
While the vast majority of people will have very few exams to take by the time they reach seventh grade, the Newts exam will not be easier than the OWLS at all.
It's still three chapters today, at least !!
Asking for a monthly pass wow!!!!!
(End of chapter)