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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Roac give to Thorin about the Lakemen?
(a) Not to trust any of them, as they want to steal the gold.
(b) To attack first before the elf army arrives.
(c) To trust all of them, especially the Master.
(d) To trust Bard, and to share the treasure with them.

2. What is the answer to Bilbo's first riddle?
(a) A mountain.
(b) White horses.
(c) Teeth.
(d) The wind.

3. Why do the goblins not find Bilbo after he is knocked unconscious?
(a) They see him, but do not bother with him.
(b) He is lying quietly in a dark corner.
(c) They have all been killed by Gandalf's magic.
(d) The are too busy looking at the dwarves and Gandalf.

4. Who sit beside Thorin at the high table after Thorin proclaims himself as the descendant of Thror, King Under the Mountain?
(a) Bofur and Bombur.
(b) Fili and Kili.
(c) Dwalin and Balin.
(d) Bilbo and the Master.

5. What happened to Thorin's sword Orcrist?
(a) The King of the Wood Elves took it from Thorin when he was made prisoner.
(b) It had fallen off and become lost while the Eagles were rescuing the adventurers from the wargs and goblins.
(c) Nothing - Thorin uses it to enhance his kingly apperance when he presents himself to the Master of Laketown.
(d) It had become hopelessly rusty in the trip down the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gollum call the ring?

2. How does Bilbo manage to recognize Thorin after freeing him from the barrel?

3. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"

4. How long do the dwarves and Bilbo stay in Laketown?

5. What had Fili's barrel been used to carry before he escaped inside it?

(see the answer key)

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