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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most common building material used in Laketown?
(a) Stone.
(b) Rammed earth.
(c) Iron.
(d) Wood.

2. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?
(a) Gandalf's.
(b) Gloin's.
(c) Dwalin's.
(d) Thorin's.

3. What makes Bilbo drop his torch after finding the Arkenstone?
(a) He trips over a necklace of pearls.
(b) He believes the dragon is coming back and wants to hide.
(c) A bat startles him.
(d) He is so surprised when he sees the Arkenstone that he drops the torch.

4. Why do the people of Lake-town destroy the bridges as a defense against the onslaught of the dragon?
(a) They are attempting to fool the dragon into thinking they have left the town.
(b) The Master ordered them to do so in the hopes that his rival, Bard, would be killed.
(c) The bridges are the only part of the town that is vulnerable to dragon-fire.
(d) The dragon can then only attack them from the air (which makes him vulnerable to arrows) or have his fire quenched by the cold water of the lake.

5. Who killed Bolg, the goblin cheiftan?
(a) Gandalf, who called down lightning.
(b) Beorn in bear's shape.
(c) Bard the Bowman.
(d) Thorin, who got his death-wound fighting single-handed against Bolg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Bilbo's mother?

2. What day of the week was it when the adventurers were captured?

3. Who is supposed to ride in the boat with Bombur?

4. Which of the following is not a name for the trolls?

5. How can the dwarves and Bilbo reach the third camp outside the 'doorstep'?

(see the answer key)

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