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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the dwarves and Bilbo reach the third camp outside the 'doorstep'?
(a) On horseback.
(b) Either by a narrow path along the edge of a precipice or by ropes.
(c) By floating along the river.
(d) Only by ropes - no other way is possible.

2. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?
(a) He scrounges it off the rubbish heaps of the elves.
(b) He takes it out of the barrels sent to Esgaroth.
(c) He steals it from the stores or the table when nobody is looking.
(d) He slips out through the magic gates and goes hunting.

3. What prediction of Gandalf's comes true in Chapter 9?
(a) They will have to abandon their quest and return to digging coal.
(b) They will be unable to reach the Lonely Mountain by Durin's Day.
(c) They came to disaster when they left the path in Mirkwood.
(d) The dwarves have learned to trust Bilbo to save them.

4. What is mostly transported by river inside the barrels from the people of Laketown to the Wood Elves?
(a) Mead.
(b) Ale.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cider.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals set up the dinner table and light the lamps in Beorn's hall?

2. What does Bilbo deduce from seeing the smoke and steam issuing from the Front Gate?

3. Why do the goblins not find Bilbo after he is knocked unconscious?

4. What reward do the dwarves give to the eagles at the end of the adventures?

5. What do the dwarves suggest that Bilbo should do when they begin to despair of being able to open the secret door in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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