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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the wargs come to the clearing where the adventurers were?
(a) The goblins had sent the wargs to hunt down the adventurers.
(b) The wolves were running away from the woodsmen who had settled in the area.
(c) They were going to meet the goblins so they could go raiding together.
(d) The wargs could smell the adventurers and came to hunt them.

3. Who finds the 'doorstep' of the secret door in Chapter 11?
(a) Bifur, Bofur and Bombur.
(b) Bilbo, Fili and Kili.
(c) Nori, Dori and Ori.
(d) Thorin, Bilbo and Balin.

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

5. In Chapter 9, with whom does the chief guard get drunk?
(a) The king's butler.
(b) The Elf King.
(c) The men who guided the barrels up the river.
(d) The other guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Bilbo from going forward in the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?

2. What happened to Thorin's sword Orcrist?

3. Where did Gollum live before coming to the underground lake?

4. What does Thorin take as armor and weapons from the hoard of Smaug's treasure?

5. What had Fili's barrel been used to carry before he escaped inside it?

(see the answer key)

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