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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is carrying Bilbo when the goblins find them for the second time?
(a) Gloin.
(b) Dori.
(c) Bifur.
(d) Bombur.
2. What weapons do the Wood Elves use when they take the dwarves prisoner?
(a) Whips and clubs.
(b) Swords and daggers.
(c) Bows and spears.
(d) They freeze the dwarves with their magical powers.
3. What is unusual or rare about Elrond's ancestry?
(a) He is half elf and half goblin.
(b) He is half human and half goblin.
(c) He is half human and half hobbit.
(d) He is half elf and half human.
4. What does Bilbo eat for breakfast when he wakes up in the eagles' eyrie?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Cold mutton and rabbit.
(d) Cold ham and apples.
5. Who is the first to see the lights from the elves' feast?
(a) Thorin.
(b) Bilbo.
(c) Balin.
(d) Bombur.
6. What day of the week was it when the adventurers were captured?
(a) Thursday evening (or Thursday morning).
(b) Monday night (or Tuesday morning).
(c) Tuesday night (or Wednesday morning).
(d) Monday morning (or Sunday night).
7. What is the Elf King's crown made of during autumn (fall)?
(a) Gold and emeralds.
(b) Berries and red leaves.
(c) Silver and white gems.
(d) Oak leaves and acorns.
8. Who found the cave in Chapter 4?
(a) Balin and Dwalin.
(b) Gandalf and Bilbo.
(c) Fili and Kili.
(d) Bifur, Bofur and Bombur.
9. Why does Bombur fall into the enchanted river?
(a) He is too fat and clumsy to jump out of the boat without stumbling.
(b) The boat starts floating downstream so he jumps into the water.
(c) Dwalin knocks him in accidentally.
(d) A deer knocks him in.
10. How does Gollum get from his island to the shore of the lake?
(a) He paddles a little boat.
(b) He swims, as he is an excellent swimmer.
(c) His ring helps him walk across the surface of the water.
(d) He rides on the back of blind fish.
11. Which of the following does not happen when one of the adventurers steps into the ring of lights surrounding the elves' feast?
(a) The adventurers become confused and disoriented.
(b) The lights magically go out.
(c) The elves begin singing an eerie tune.
(d) The fire erupts in a shower of sparks.
12. What is the weak point in Bilbo's plan of escape from the elves?
(a) He forgot that he couldn't swim.
(b) He forgot that he had nobody to pack him inside a barrel.
(c) He forgot that the elves would notice that the barrels were still full.
(d) He forgot to leave air-holes so the dwarves could breathe through.
13. Which dwarf has a smoke-ring blowing competition or game with Gandalf?
(a) Thorin.
(b) Gloin.
(c) Balin.
(d) Bifur.
14. What does Bilbo's handwriting look like?
(a) Thin and spidery.
(b) Cunning and cryptic.
(c) Crabbed and rather clumsy.
(d) Flowing and beautiful.
15. Who carries Bilbo at first as they try to escape from the mines after Gandalf kills the Great Goblin?
(a) Dwalin.
(b) Nori.
(c) Dori.
(d) Ori.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the town of Men that was under the shadow of the Lonely Mountain until the dragon came and destroyed it?
2. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?
3. What is the name of the elvenking's butler?
4. What is Thorin considering doing when he learns that the other dwarves are also in prison with him?
5. What is obviously magical about Gandalf's sword Glamdring (Foe-hammer)?
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