How did Tom Riddle control Ginny?

He could possess her since she got so attached to his Horcrux. The reason that Tom Riddle could possess Ginny Weasley was because of how emotionally close she got to 'her friend in the diary', which as he explained, enabled him to possess her.
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How did Tom Riddle influence Ginny?

The closer a writer became to the memory of Tom Riddle emotionally, the more power the diary would acquire over him or her. For example, Ginny poured her fears and desires into the diary, thus it was easy for Tom to possess her. As this diary contained Riddle's soul, it also housed his magical powers.
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Did Tom Riddle possess Ginny?

Another type of spy unique to the Harry Potter series is one who is possessed, such as Ginny Weasley in book 2, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny Weasley is possessed by Lord Voldemort— or, more precisely, by Tom Riddle through the diary—but she does not remember what she did at Tom Riddle's behest.
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Why did Tom Riddle Open Ginny the Chamber of Secrets?

Tom Riddle took Ginny in order to lure Harry into the Chamber so that he could kill him. He specifically says at one point that " killing mudbloods doesn't interest [him] anymore" and that getting Harry has been his real purpose for a while.
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Who gave Tom Riddle's diary to Ginny?

In The Chamber of Secrets, Lucius slips Tom Riddle's diary into Ginny's cauldron in Diagon Alley.
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How did Malfoy have diary?

Horcrux information

Before Lord Voldemort's first defeat in 1981, the diary was passed to Death Eater Lucius Malfoy, who kept the diary, in secret, before slipping it into Ginny Weasley's cauldron of school supplies at Flourish and Blotts in 1992.
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How did Tom Riddle's diary end up in the bathroom?

Ginny wasn't just throwing the diary into any old toilet just to get rid of it, she was resisting mere feet away from the entrance to the Chamber. She overcame the possession for just long enoigh to throw it and run away, she didn't go there to dispose of it!
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Is Ginny the heir of Slytherin?

The Heir of Slytherin turns out to be Ginny Weasley, who is being controlled via a magical diary that once belonged to Tom Riddle, AKA Voldemort.
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Is Tom Riddle Half Blood?

Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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How did Voldemort know he was the heir of Slytherin?

“All he had to go upon was the single name 'Marvolo,' which he knew from those who ran the orphanage had been his mother's father's name. Finally, after painstaking research through old books of Wizarding families, he discovered the existence of Slytherin's surviving line.
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What would happen if Ginny Weasley never possessed Tom Riddle's diary?

We've briefly touched upon the importance of the sword of Gryffindor as a means to destroy Horcruxes and with that in mind, the short answer would be yes. If Ginny didn't have the diary, the subsequent events would not have occurred, and this would have left our trio with no means of getting rid of the Horcruxes.
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Why did Ginny write the wall?

They were written by Ginny Weasley during the 1992–1993 school year when she was under the possession of Tom Riddle's diary during the second opening of the Chamber of Secrets. The messages were written in such a way that they could not be erased from the wall.
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Is Ginny Weasley a Horcrux?

No, Ginny was not a Horcrux, just a temporary tool for Tom Riddle's evil plan. The diary, the actual Horcrux, was that piece of soul's homebase/headquarters, the one tangible object keeping it earthbound.
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Why can basilisk venom destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is a method for destroying Horcruxes because once it takes effect, it renders the object irreparable, and the only chance for possibly repairing it is immediately putting phoenix tears on it.
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Did Dumbledore know Harry and Ron were under the cloak?

In Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore uses Homenum Revelio to see Harry and Ron under the Invisibility Cloak in Hagrid's hut: 'However,' said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly, so that none of them could miss a word, 'you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.
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Why did kreacher lie to Harry?

When Harry attempted to discover if Lord Voldemort had captured Sirius, Kreacher lied to him and claimed he was alone in Sirius' house. After Sirius' death, Harry placed part of the blame on Kreacher and part on Severus Snape, but put most of the blame on himself.
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Why do Death Eaters hate Muggle-borns?

Despite their magical ability, pure-blood supremacists were prone to be very hostile towards both Muggle-borns, as well as those that were accepting of them, fearing that the promotion and acceptance of the the mixture of magical and non-magical blood would dilute or even negate the wizard identity.
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Did people know Voldemort was a Mudblood?

Additionally, Dumbledore states that most people don't know that Lord Voldemort was once known as Tom Riddle. Anything Tom shared in school would not have been connected to Voldemort or his followers when he returned from his travels.
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Does Hagrid know Tom Riddle is Voldemort?

In Half-Blood Prince when Dumbledore shows Harry the memories related to Voldemort he never mentions that Hagrid had any idea that Tom Riddle was Voldemort, even when they discussed the part about Riddle opening Chamber of Secrets and framing Hagrid for it.
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Is Ginny Weasley a Parseltongue?

Known Parselmouths

Ginny Weasley was able to speak Parseltongue while she was possessed by Tom Riddle's Diary, which enabled her to open the Chamber of Secrets.
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Who is Godric Gryffindor heir?

Maddalena Orcali as Grisha McLaggen, Hogwarts student, and Heir of Godric Gryffindor.
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Who did Salazar Slytherin marry?

Salazar Slytherin, 927 - 1045

Salazar married Marjorie Slytherin (born Deshayes) on month day 953, at age 26 at marriage place. Marjorie was born on August 15 938, in França, dijon. They had one son: Marius Slytherin.
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How does Tom Riddle look at Basilisk?

Also, Tom Riddle can control Basilisks with his Parseltongue, so even if the Basilisk was able to kill Holograms using it's killer gaze, Tommy boy would've stopped it from looking at him by talking to the Basilisk.
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How did Harry know to stab the diary with the fang?

I'm rewatching CoS,how did Harry know to stab the diary with the Basilisk fang? He doesn't really. Riddle has Harry's wand and the sword is stuck in the basilisk. Fawkes drops the diary in Harry's lap and Harry grabs the nearest available weapon (the fang) and destroys the diary.
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How did Dumbledore know the diary was a Horcrux?

JKR: "In essence divided," exactly, the "essence" being the soul. So Dumbledore knew all along that he must have- well, he suspected until Chamber of Secrets, and then at the point where he saw what was clearly the remains of a Horcrux, in other words, the diary, he thinks, "Okay.
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