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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 English translation for the names of the swords (Orcrist and Glamdring) that Thorin and Gandalf now own?
(a) Truefriend and Goblin-hammer.
(b) Goblin-cleaver and Foe-hammer.
(c) Tailbiter and Flame of the West.
(d) Warhammer and Dragonslayer.

2. How does Bilbo manage to recognize Thorin after freeing him from the barrel?
(a) By a distinctive scar left from his encounter with Smaug in the distant past.
(b) By his long nose and bristling beard.
(c) By his red cloak, black boots and dark green tunic
(d) By his blue hood with the silver tassel and by his golden chain.

3. What animals does Bilbo sense as he wanders through the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
(a) Bats.
(b) None - the goblins have eaten everything alive.
(c) Fish.
(d) Snakes.

4. How do the dwarves manage to obtain three ponies in Chapter 15?
(a) Dain from the Iron Hills sends the ponies to help Thorin.
(b) They find that three of the ponies escaped from the dragon and were wandering down the river.
(c) They capture and tame wild ponies that were living in the area.
(d) Bilbo steals the ponies off the Lakemen using his magic ring.

5. Who is carrying Bilbo when the goblins find them for the second time?
(a) Bifur.
(b) Dori.
(c) Gloin.
(d) Bombur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foodstuffs do the adventurers take from the troll's cave for breakfast?

2. Who is supposed to be on watch when Bilbo steals out of the stronghold to the elves and Lakemen?

3. How does Beorn find out that Gandalf's story is true?

4. What nearly gives Bilbo's presence away to the men steering the barrels in spite of the invisibility conferred on him by the ring?

5. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?

(see the answer key)

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