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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?
(a) Gloin's.
(b) Gandalf's.
(c) Dwalin's.
(d) Thorin's.

3. Who is the first dwarf to arrive at Bilbo's house in Chapter 1?
(a) Balin.
(b) Dwalin.
(c) Gloin.
(d) Bombur.

4. What does Gollum call the ring?
(a) My special secret.
(b) My birthday present.
(c) My hiding place.
(d) My precious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following devices do the goblins not make (or have made for them)?

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

3. What is the goblin name for Thorin's sword?

4. Which of the following is not a hazard that needs to be avoided in the path leading to Rivendell?

5. Who carries Bilbo at first as they try to escape from the mines after Gandalf kills the Great Goblin?

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