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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the people of Lake-town destroy the bridges as a defense against the onslaught of the dragon?
(a) The Master ordered them to do so in the hopes that his rival, Bard, would be killed.
(b) The bridges are the only part of the town that is vulnerable to dragon-fire.
(c) The dragon can then only attack them from the air (which makes him vulnerable to arrows) or have his fire quenched by the cold water of the lake.
(d) They are attempting to fool the dragon into thinking they have left the town.

2. Which dwarf has to come to Beorn's house alone?
(a) Dori.
(b) Bombur.
(c) Thorin.
(d) Dwalin.

3. What does Bilbo's handwriting look like?
(a) Crabbed and rather clumsy.
(b) Thin and spidery.
(c) Flowing and beautiful.
(d) Cunning and cryptic.

4. What type of birds inhabit the area of the mountain and valleys closest to the Front Gate?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Thrushes.
(c) None - the dragon has eaten them all.
(d) Crows.

5. What is Gandalf's last piece of advice before he leaves the dwarves and Bilbo?
(a) Don't leave the path.
(b) You must either go through or give up the quest.
(c) Keep going straight ahead, no matter what happens.
(d) Don't go near the Necromancer's tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the answer to Bilbo's first riddle?

2. What is the other name for Rivendell?

3. What does Gollum eat?

4. Which of the following is not a name for the trolls?

5. In Chapter 12, who volunteers to come some of the way down the tunnel with Bilbo?

(see the answer key)

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