What A World: J.K. Rowling

Test your knowledge of Harry Potter's creator!


  1. Joanne _________________ and went to Portugal.
    wrote her book
    got a job
    got married
    worked at Starbucks


  1. Joanne was _________________
    from a big family
    not from a rich family
    a bad child
    interested in flying


  1. Harry Potter is a book for ________________
    children
    children and adults
    adults
    students


  1. Joanne married an English man in Portugal.
    Yes
    No


  1. Joanne was an English teacher in Portugal.
    Yes
    No


  1. Joanne finished writing the first Harry Potter book after ten years.
    Yes
    No


  1. Most of the publishers liked her book.
    Yes
    No


  1. Harry Potter is in more than 100 languages.
    Yes
    No


  1. Which happened first? Write 1 on the line. Which happened second? Write 2 on the line.
        1 2
    Joanne wrote about Harry Potter in the coffee shop.  
    Joanne thought about Harry Potter on the train.  


  1. Which happened first? Write 1 on the line. Which happened second? Write 2 on the line.
        1 2
    Joanne worked in different offices.  
    Joanne became an English teacher.  


  1. Which happened first? Write 1 on the line. Which happened second? Write 2 on the line.
        1 2
    Joanne sent Harry Potter to publishers.  
    Joanne finished Harry Potter.  


  1. Which happened first? Write 1 on the line. Which happened second? Write 2 on the line.
        1 2
    Two Harry Potter books became movies.  
    Harry Potter was in the bookstores.  


  1. Who is the author of Harry Potter?


  1. Why are her books famous all over the world?


  1. What questions do people ask at an interview?





Bob Palmer
ESL Instructor
English Language Institute, University of Delaware
Newark, DE