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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the elves hiding when they sing nonsense songs to welcome the adventurers to Rivendell?
(a) In trees beside the path.
(b) Beside the stream.
(c) Under the narrow stone bridge.
(d) On the roof of Rivendell.

2. What does Thorin use as a weapon against the trolls in Chapter 2?
(a) A cauldron of boiling water.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A branch torn off a tree.
(d) A burning branch from the fire.

3. What does Bilbo try to steal from the trolls?
(a) A jug of beer.
(b) A purse.
(c) A pony.
(d) A dagger.

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

5. What first alerts the Lord of the Eagles to the events in the wood?
(a) The howling of the wolves.
(b) The flames in the forest.
(c) A magical message from Gandalf.
(d) The line of goblin soldiers marching towards the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?

2. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?

3. What is another name for the Dwarves' New Year?

4. Where does Bilbo hide while the trolls are fighting and arguing?

5. What does Elrond dislike about dwarves?

(see the answer key)

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