'The Prisoner of Azkaban' - Differences Quiz

Answer: Harry spent several days at the Leaky Cauldron before his friends arrived

After Harry replenished his money supply from Gringotts, he spent his time buying his school supplies, and exploring Diagon Alley. It was at this time that he first became familiar with the Firebolt, the broom that Sirius would later send him. In the movie, Harry's school supplies are purchased for him, and he is not shown spending any time outside of the Leaky Cauldron at all.

Answer: No

In the book, Ron and Hermione are constantly fighting about Hermione's new cat, Crookshanks, and his tendency to attack Ron's rat, Scabbers. Harry becomes very angry with Hermione when she tells Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt that Harry receives from an unknown source. It isn't until Buckbeak is sentenced to death that the friends forget their fighting and become friends again.

Answer: Sirius

While Sirius can't enclose a card with the broom, because he is still in hiding, he does send one of Buckbeak's feathers. This not only serves to tell Harry who gave him the broom, but it also lets him know that Sirius and Buckbeak got away safely.

Answer: The cloak slid off Harry's face and he was seen by Malfoy.

Malfoy saw Harry's face and went running back to Hogwarts to report Harry, because Harry didn't have permission to be there. Harry barely had time to squeeze back through the tunnel before being confronted by Snape. In the book, Hermione isn't even with them at this time, because they were fighting.

Answer: book

In the movie, Harry hears something said outside the Three Broomsticks, which makes him go inside to hear the rest of the story. He only manages to get in because he is concealed by his Invisibility Cloak. Ron and Hermione are refused entrance, being told that no students were welcome that day.

Answer: No

In the book, Hagrid brought 12 Hippogriffs, including Buckbeak, to class. Another difference between the book and the movie is that in the movie Harry appeared to volunteer because everyone else stepped back, making it look as if had stepped forward. In the book Harry really does volunteer, albeit reluctantly, in order to help Hagrid out.

Answer: Hagrid

Hagrid sent the book to Harry as a birthday gift, before Harry even arrived at The Leaky Cauldron. Harry had no idea when he received it that Hagrid was going to be his new 'Care of Magical Creatures' teacher.

Answer: movie

In the book, Snape confronts Harry after Malfoy spotted him at the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade, just after Harry had snuck back in through the tunnel. Snape made Harry turn out his pockets, thus finding the Marauder's Map.

Answer: Crookshanks touched a special knot with his paws and the tree froze

In both the movie and the book Ron had been dragged into the passageway by Sirius, in dog form. What no one yet realized was that Sirius was really after Scabbers, who turned out to be the long-thought-dead Peter Pettigrew.

Answer: They used their own hands

This is part of the movie that struck me as just plain silly - here are these two powerful wizards scuffling around in a very physical, almost slapstick way with a third wizard. In the book they first bound Peter with thin cord that was conjured out of Lupin's wand, and then they chained Pettigrew between Ron and Lupin, with manacles that Sirius conjured.