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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other name for Rivendell?
(a) The Edge of the Wild.
(b) The Last Homely House.
(c) The Hidden Valley.
(d) The Valley of the Elves.

2. In Chapter 12, who volunteers to come some of the way down the tunnel with Bilbo?
(a) Fili.
(b) Kili.
(c) Balin.
(d) Thorin.

3. What phase of the moon is showing when Bilbo realizes that Durin's Day has come and they can find the keyhole?
(a) A full moon.
(b) A half moon.
(c) A new moon.
(d) A waning crescent.

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

5. What mistaken belief is held by the younger people of Laketown?
(a) They believe that the dragon is harmless and even friendly.
(b) They believe that the river will flow with gold once the King Under the Mountain returns.
(c) They believe that Thorin is not the rightful King Under the Mountain.
(d) They believe that the dragon does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prediction of Gandalf's comes true in Chapter 9?

2. What is the English translation for the names of the swords (Orcrist and Glamdring) that Thorin and Gandalf now own?

3. Which of the following does not happen when one of the adventurers steps into the ring of lights surrounding the elves' feast?

4. Why can't the dwarves hear the goblins coming?

5. How does Beorn react to the dwarves' talk of gold, silver and jewels?

(see the answer key)

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