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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Elf King's crown made of during autumn (fall)?
(a) Berries and red leaves.
(b) Oak leaves and acorns.
(c) Silver and white gems.
(d) Gold and emeralds.

2. What question of Balin's enraged the Elvenking?
(a) Balin asks what has happened to Thorin.
(b) Balin asks if the spiders are the elves' pets.
(c) Balin asks if the elves know anything about Smaug's treasure.
(d) Balin asks the Elvenking for food and drink before being set free.

3. Which of the following is not a hazard that needs to be avoided in the path leading to Rivendell?
(a) Deceptively green bogs.
(b) Steep slopes and deep ravines.
(c) A very narrow bridge over a swift-flowing stream.
(d) Avalanches and rock falls.

4. What nearly gives Bilbo's presence away to the men steering the barrels in spite of the invisibility conferred on him by the ring?
(a) His shadow in the torchlight.
(b) His weight presses the barrels lower in the water.
(c) His wet footprints and his sneezing.
(d) He bumps into the men quite frequently.

5. How does Gollum get from his island to the shore of the lake?
(a) He swims, as he is an excellent swimmer.
(b) His ring helps him walk across the surface of the water.
(c) He paddles a little boat.
(d) He rides on the back of blind fish.

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

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

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

9. What does Gollum call the ring?
(a) My birthday present.
(b) My hiding place.
(c) My special secret.
(d) My precious.

10. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer Took?
(a) Snooker.
(b) Polo.
(c) Golf.
(d) Football.

11. How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?
(a) He enrages them so much that they fall out of their trees to their deaths.
(b) He uses strands of their own webs to make nooses and strangles them.
(c) He throws stones at them.
(d) He stabs them stealthily with Sting.

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

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

14. Who made the map that Gandalf gives to Thorin?
(a) Dain.
(b) Thrain.
(c) The Necromancer.
(d) Thror.

15. What is the other name for Rivendell?
(a) The Edge of the Wild.
(b) The Last Homely House.
(c) The Hidden Valley.
(d) The Valley of the Elves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual or rare about Elrond's ancestry?

2. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?

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

4. What animals set up the dinner table and light the lamps in Beorn's hall?

5. Which pair of dwarves are the youngest?

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