2. Which of the following is not a hazard that needs to be avoided in the path leading to Rivendell?
(a) Avalanches and rock falls.
(b) Deceptively green bogs.
(c) A very narrow bridge over a swift-flowing stream.
(d) Steep slopes and deep ravines.

3. What sort of elves have taken Thorin prisoner?
(a) Sea Elves.
(b) Light Elves.
(c) Wood Elves.
(d) Deep Elves.

4. Who does Bilbo see first after escaping Gollum and the dark tunnels?
(a) Gollum.
(b) Gandalf.
(c) Bombur.
(d) Balin.

5. Who is the first to see the lights from the elves' feast?
(a) Bilbo.
(b) Thorin.
(c) Balin.
(d) Bombur.

6. What musical instrument does Thorin Oakenshield play?
(a) A fiddle.
(b) A flute.
(c) A harp.
(d) A clarinet.

7. Who found the cave in Chapter 4?
(a) Gandalf and Bilbo.
(b) Bifur, Bofur and Bombur.
(c) Balin and Dwalin.
(d) Fili and Kili.

8. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?
(a) A knife big enough to serve him as a short sword.
(b) A large, clumsy key.
(c) A long beautiful sword in a jewelled scabbard.
(d) A pot full of gold coins.

9. What was the name of Bilbo's mother?
(a) Rosemary Took.
(b) Bluebell Belladonna.
(c) Belladonna Took.
(d) Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

10. What is the weak point in Bilbo's plan of escape from the elves?
(a) He forgot that he couldn't swim.
(b) He forgot that the elves would notice that the barrels were still full.
(c) He forgot that he had nobody to pack him inside a barrel.
(d) He forgot to leave air-holes so the dwarves could breathe through.

11. Why is the magic ring unable to protect the wearer from the wargs?
(a) Wargs can still see the wearer's shadow, even by moonlight.
(b) Wargs can find the wearer by their sense of smell.
(c) Wargs have especially keen hearing.
(d) Wargs are magical, and the ring does not work on them.

12. Which of the following devices do the goblins not make (or have made for them)?
(a) Tongs.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) Pickaxes.
(d) Instruments of torture.

13. What does Bilbo think the eagles will do to him at first?
(a) He is afraid they will drop him over the edge of their eyrie.
(b) He hopes that they will give him a meal.
(c) He thinks they plan to eat him.
(d) He thinks they will give him back to the goblins.

14. What color is Bilbo's front door into his hobbit hole?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

15. What stops Bilbo from going forward in the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
(a) He comes to the edge of a subterranean lake.
(b) He blunders into a dead end.
(c) Gollum catches him.
(d) He hears goblins going fishing.