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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals or creatures can be found near the doorstep?
(a) Thrushes and giant snails.
(b) Thrushes and ravens.
(c) Snakes, spiders and crows.
(d) Snails and scorpions.

2. In Chapter 16, who does Bilbo deal with and offer his share of the treasure to, along with the Arkenstone?
(a) Bard and the King of the Wood Elves.
(b) Bard and the Master.
(c) Gandalf and Bard.
(d) The Elvish High Council.

3. What is the first hint of the dragon's presence that Bilbo notices as he descends the tunnel?
(a) A reddish glow.
(b) The rumbling sound of Smaug's breathing or snoring.
(c) Wisps of smoke.
(d) The air about him grows hotter.

4. Why do most of the arrows shot at Smaug have no effect on him?
(a) Smaug flies so high and fast that no arrows can reach him.
(b) The arrows either bounce off his scales and diamond encrusted underbelly, or he incinerates them with his fiery breath.
(c) Smag has a magic of his own that makes him invulnerable.
(d) The wind from Smaug's wings makes all the arrows miss their targets.

5. What is the answer to Bilbo's first riddle?
(a) The wind.
(b) White horses.
(c) A mountain.
(d) Teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?

2. Which of the following is not a change that the adventurers notice after encountering the hunt and the white deer?

3. What wound has Gandalf sustained during the Battle of the Five Armies?

4. What treasures are placed on Thorin's body and/or tomb when he is buried?

5. Which dwarf has a smoke-ring blowing competition or game with Gandalf?

(see the answer key)

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