The NEWT exams for the seventh-year students took place somewhat earlier than the OWLs for the fifth years. However, since the number of students taking advanced classes in most subjects was relatively small, the Great Hall was not used as an examination venue this time; instead, a more spacious classroom was used as the testing room.
Of course, the Defense Against the Dark Arts written exam was an exception, forcing the use of two adjacent classrooms as exam rooms. Even Professor Marchbanks, who was supervising, was surprised by this.
Fortunately, everything went quite smoothly, and the practical portion of the exam wasn't particularly difficult.
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