HP Questions Upon Re-reading: Book 1 Chapter 4 & 5(2)
How long was Professor Quirrell teaching actually? In the book, Hagrid mentioned “… He was fine while he was studyin’ outta books but then he took a year off ter get some first-hand experience …”. This paragraph suggested that Professor Quirrell is in his second teaching year during Harry’s first year. Wouldn’t it mean he somehow broke the jinx of “no teacher can teach Defense Against Dark Arts more than a year” despite he shared a body with Voldemort in the second year?
I always have some short questions unanswered re-reading the chapter of visiting Diagon Alley. During Harry and Draco’s encounter, why is Harry’s clothes measurement and purchase faster than Draco even though he came in later? How good is Mr Ollivander’s memory to remember the details of every single wand that he sold and to whom he sold it to? Why are the weird measurements (distance from shoulder to floor, knee to armpit, around the head and even nostrils) required for equipping a wand to the wizard or witch? Does no one notice Hagrid’s disappearance (let us assume that he Disapparated) at the train station given his noticeable size?
I always have some short questions unanswered re-reading the chapter of visiting Diagon Alley. During Harry and Draco’s encounter, why is Harry’s clothes measurement and purchase faster than Draco even though he came in later? How good is Mr Ollivander’s memory to remember the details of every single wand that he sold and to whom he sold it to? Why are the weird measurements (distance from shoulder to floor, knee to armpit, around the head and even nostrils) required for equipping a wand to the wizard or witch? Does no one notice Hagrid’s disappearance (let us assume that he Disapparated) at the train station given his noticeable size?