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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird is named in the moon-letters on the map?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A raven.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A thrush.

2. What does Thorin use as a weapon against the trolls in Chapter 2?
(a) A burning branch from the fire.
(b) A cauldron of boiling water.
(c) A branch torn off a tree.
(d) A dagger.

3. Apart from the dragon, what other animals live inside the Lonely Mountain?
(a) Snails
(b) Spiders
(c) Bats
(d) Nothing

4. 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) Go into the mountain through the Front Gate using his magic ring.
(b) 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.
(c) Talk to the thrushes and see if they know the secret of opening the door.
(d) Go back to Laketown and ask for more supplies and weapons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gollum eat?

2. Why is the King of the Wood Elves wiser than the men of Laketown?

3. Which of the following does not happen when one of the adventurers steps into the ring of lights surrounding the elves' feast?

4. Why does Bombur choose to stay below and guard the ponies in Chapter 11?

5. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer Took?

(see the answer key)

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