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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"
(a) Goblins.
(b) Gollum's grandmother.
(c) The skeleton of a drowned knight.
(d) A fish.

2. What is mostly transported by river inside the barrels from the people of Laketown to the Wood Elves?
(a) Wine.
(b) Mead.
(c) Ale.
(d) Cider.

3. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?
(a) A large, clumsy key.
(b) A pot full of gold coins.
(c) A knife big enough to serve him as a short sword.
(d) A long beautiful sword in a jewelled scabbard.

4. What foodstuffs do the adventurers take from the troll's cave for breakfast?
(a) Mutton bones, mince pies and sausages.
(b) Cheese, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes.
(c) Ale, bread, cheese and bacon.
(d) Bacon, beer, rabbit pie, and apples.

5. Which of the following devices do the goblins not make (or have made for them)?
(a) Instruments of torture.
(b) Pickaxes.
(c) Tongs.
(d) Trumpets.

6. What wakes Bilbo up from his sleep after he realizes he is alone in Chapter 8, after coming across the elves' feast?
(a) A high-pitched buzzing noise made by a fly attempting to escape from the spiders.
(b) The hunting horn of the elf king.
(c) The shouts and cries of the dwarves.
(d) A spider, which is trying to wrap him up in sticky thread.

7. What day of the week was it when the adventurers were captured?
(a) Thursday evening (or Thursday morning).
(b) Tuesday night (or Wednesday morning).
(c) Monday night (or Tuesday morning).
(d) Monday morning (or Sunday night).

8. What is unusual or rare about Elrond's ancestry?
(a) He is half elf and half goblin.
(b) He is half human and half hobbit.
(c) He is half elf and half human.
(d) He is half human and half goblin.

9. Who is supposed to ride in the boat with Bombur?
(a) Kili.
(b) Dwalin.
(c) Bofur.
(d) Bilbo.

10. Which dwarf has a smoke-ring blowing competition or game with Gandalf?
(a) Thorin.
(b) Balin.
(c) Gloin.
(d) Bifur.

11. What do the goblins use to beat time while they sing?
(a) Drums and gongs.
(b) Footsteps and whips.
(c) Hammers and tongs.
(d) Cymbals and tamborines.

12. What is another name for the Dwarves' New Year?
(a) The Hunter's Moon.
(b) The Threshold of Winter.
(c) The Day of the Thrush.
(d) Durin's Day.

13. What sort of tree does Gandalf take refuge from the wargs in?
(a) A fir.
(b) A spruce.
(c) An oak.
(d) A pine.

14. 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 dagger.
(d) A branch torn off a tree.

15. What reward do the dwarves give to the eagles at the end of the adventures?
(a) A magnificent necklace set with rubies and emeralds.
(b) Specially designed spurs of steel that will help them fight agains the goblins better.
(c) A golden crown for the Lord of Eagles and golden collars for his fifteen chieftans.
(d) A wagon load of silver and gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?

2. What does Gollum eat?

3. Why does Bombur fall into the enchanted river?

4. What light are the adventurers using to guide them inside the tunnels in Chapter 4?

5. What special ability does Beorn have?

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