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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cooking method do the trolls decide on first of all before Gandalf stirs up the argument again?
(a) Mincing them and making them into pies.
(b) Roasting the dwarves slowly.
(c) Sitting on them and squashing them.
(d) Mincing them and boiling them.

2. What special ability does Beorn have?
(a) He can handle bees without being stung.
(b) He can lift rocks as big as the Carrock.
(c) He can change from a man into a black bear.
(d) He can hunt any animal alive with his bare hands.

3. What stops Bilbo from going forward in the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
(a) He blunders into a dead end.
(b) He comes to the edge of a subterranean lake.
(c) He hears goblins going fishing.
(d) Gollum catches him.

4. On what day does Elrond read the runes on the swords and on the map?
(a) Bilbo's birthday.
(b) The autumn equinox.
(c) Midsummer morning.
(d) Midsummer's Eve.

5. What do the dwarves suggest that Bilbo should do when they begin to despair of being able to open the secret door in Chapter 11?
(a) Talk to the thrushes and see if they know the secret of opening the door.
(b) Go back to Laketown and ask for more supplies and weapons.
(c) Try to capture one of the thrushes, crows or ravens and use its feathers as a disguise to sneak into the mountain through the Front Gate.
(d) Go into the mountain through the Front Gate using his magic ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name for the Arkenstone?

2. How old is Roac the raven?

3. What does Thorin use as a weapon against the trolls in Chapter 2?

4. What animals do the adventurers see quite frequently in the early stages of their journey through Mirkwood?

5. What is the English translation for the names of the swords (Orcrist and Glamdring) that Thorin and Gandalf now own?

(see the answer key)

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