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Tables of Contents for The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
4
Did Alchemists Really Search for a Magic Stone?
5
4
Who Was the Most Amazing Animagus?
9
8
Is ``Avada Kedavra'' a Real Curse?
17
4
Are Basilisks Just Big Snakes?
21
2
Which ``Fantastic Beasts'' Come from Legend?
23
6
Why Would Sirius Black Become a Black Dog?
29
4
Which Creature Doesn't Know When to Say Good-bye?
33
2
Have Witches Always Flown on Broomsticks?
35
2
Why Do Centaurs Avoid Humans?
37
2
What Is the Favorite Trick of Cornish Pixies?
39
2
Why Would Voldemort Put the Dark Mark on Death Eaters?
41
2
Why Would Chocolate Help After Escaping a Dementor?
43
2
Is Sibyll Trelawney Ever Right?
45
2
Which Creature Is Fit for a King?
47
6
Who Were the First British Wizards?
53
2
If Dumbledore Is So Powerful, Shouldn't He Fight Voldemort?
55
4
Why Would Durmstrang Students Travel by Ship?
59
4
Where Does Magic Come From?
63
4
Which Character Can't Die?
67
4
Was the Real Flamel a Successful Alchemist?
71
4
Why Would Fluffy Come from ``a Greek Chappie''?
75
2
Why Would the Forest near Hogwarts Be ``Forbidden''?
77
2
Are All Giants All Bad?
79
4
Which Real-Life Creature Still Eludes Scientists?
83
2
Why Are Harry and Cedric Like Knights of the Round Table?
85
2
Why Are Goblins Such Good Bankers?
87
4
Which of Draco's Sidekicks Is Also Named for a Dragon?
91
2
Which Creature Is Master of Both Earth and Sky?
93
4
Why Do Parents Worry About Grindylows?
97
2
Which Is the Least Likely Magical Creature?
99
4
Why Would Anyone Go to School with a Slytherin?
103
4
Which Creature May Not Bow Its Head?
107
2
What Is the Most Important Language for Wizards?
109
6
Why Is Each Malfoy Aptly Named?
115
2
Why Won't Wizards Go near a Manticore?
117
4
Why Is the Third Task Set in a Maze?
121
2
Why Might Prof. McGonagall Appear As a Cat?
123
2
Why Might a Human Fear Merpeople?
125
2
Why Are Mirrors Magical?
127
4
Which of Voldemort's Cohorts Comes from India?
131
2
Where Do Those Names Come From?!
133
6
Besides Mail, What Does the Arrival of an Owl Mean?
139
2
What Makes Harry a Universal Hero?
141
12
What Are the ``Runes'' on the Pensieve?
153
2
Why Does the Sphinx Ask Harry a Question?
155
4
How Do You Scare a Spider?
159
4
Why Do Trolls Stink?
163
2
How Do You Catch a Unicorn?
165
6
Who Really Wrote the Book on Divination?
171
2
What Makes Veela Angry?
173
4
What Kind of Nightmares Created Voldemort?
177
4
Why Do Wizards Use Wands?
181
2
Are Any of the ``Famous Witches and Wizards'' Real?
183
12
Afterword
195
2
Acknowledgments
197
2
Bibliography & Notes
199
5
Index
204