2. What will happen if Bilbo loses the riddle contest?
(a) He will have to give the ring back to Gollum.
(b) Gollum will hand him over to the goblins in return for food.
(c) Bilbo will become Gollum's slave.
(d) Gollum will eat him.

3. Where does Bilbo hide while the trolls are fighting and arguing?
(a) In a bush.
(b) In a tree trunk.
(c) In the trolls' cave.
(d) Under a sack.

4. What color is Bilbo's front door into his hobbit hole?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

5. Why is the magic ring unable to protect the wearer from the wargs?
(a) Wargs can still see the wearer's shadow, even by moonlight.
(b) Wargs are magical, and the ring does not work on them.
(c) Wargs have especially keen hearing.
(d) Wargs can find the wearer by their sense of smell.

6. What prediction of Gandalf's comes true in Chapter 9?
(a) They will have to abandon their quest and return to digging coal.
(b) They will be unable to reach the Lonely Mountain by Durin's Day.
(c) The dwarves have learned to trust Bilbo to save them.
(d) They came to disaster when they left the path in Mirkwood.

7. What type of enchantments is Gandalf especially good at?
(a) Fire and lights.
(b) Illusions and turning his enemies to stone.
(c) Prophecy and pathfinding.
(d) Calling down lightning and thunder.

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

9. What phase of the moon is showing when Elrond studies the map?
(a) A gibbous moon.
(b) A crescent moon.
(c) A new moon.
(d) A full moon.

10. Who is the first to see the lights from the elves' feast?
(a) Bombur.
(b) Balin.
(c) Bilbo.
(d) Thorin.

11. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?
(a) He scrounges it off the rubbish heaps of the elves.
(b) He slips out through the magic gates and goes hunting.
(c) He steals it from the stores or the table when nobody is looking.
(d) He takes it out of the barrels sent to Esgaroth.

12. Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?
(a) In the ancient elvish kingdom of Gondolin.
(b) In the Mines of Moria.
(c) In Thror's kingdom that was destroyed by the dragon.
(d) In Rivendell itself.

13. What is Gandalf's last piece of advice before he leaves the dwarves and Bilbo?
(a) Don't go near the Necromancer's tower.
(b) Keep going straight ahead, no matter what happens.
(c) You must either go through or give up the quest.
(d) Don't leave the path.

14. How does Beorn react to the dwarves' talk of gold, silver and jewels?
(a) He ignores them, as he has no interest in treasures.
(b) He is amazed at the skill the dwarves talk about.
(c) He is intrigued and starts becoming greedy for a share of the treasure.
(d) He is angry and perplexed at their greed.

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