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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer Took?
(a) Polo.
(b) Snooker.
(c) Golf.
(d) Football.

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

3. How does Gollum get from his island to the shore of the lake?
(a) He paddles a little boat.
(b) His ring helps him walk across the surface of the water.
(c) He rides on the back of blind fish.
(d) He swims, as he is an excellent swimmer.

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

5. What was the final fate of the ponies?
(a) The goblins ate them.
(b) They starved to death.
(c) They escaped back to Rivendell.
(d) The goblins used them to draw carts in the mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bilbo manage to recognize Thorin after freeing him from the barrel?

2. What colors is Smaug?

3. What mistaken belief is held by the younger people of Laketown?

4. How many goblins grab Bilbo?

5. What weather forces the adventurers to seek shelter in a cave in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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