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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bilbo see at nightfall as they travel towards Mirkwood?
(a) Wargs and goblins trying to sneak past Beorn's borders.
(b) The borrowed ponies trying to escape.
(c) Spies and servants of the Necromancer.
(d) A great black bear (Beorn in his animal shape) following them.

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

3. What is the other name for the Arkenstone?
(a) The Heart of the Dragon.
(b) The Heart of Darkness.
(c) The Mountain of Light.
(d) The Heart of the Mountain.

4. Which of the following is not a name for the trolls?
(a) Sam.
(b) Bert.
(c) William.
(d) Tom.

5. What is the name of Gandalf's cousin?
(a) Elrond.
(b) Mithrandir.
(c) Radagast.
(d) Saruman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mostly transported by river inside the barrels from the people of Laketown to the Wood Elves?

2. What is the first landmark feature that Bilbo notices as the barrel he is riding takes him out of the forest?

3. What advice does Roac give to Thorin about the Lakemen?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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