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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't the adventurers drink from the black stream in the middle of Mirkwood?
(a) Beorn had warned them that the water was enchanted.
(b) It looks poisonous and unhealthy.
(c) They are more interested in getting across it.
(d) It flows too fast to be safe if they stand on the brink and try to fill their waterskins.

2. What small creatures does Bilbo find at the top of the oak tree in Chapter 8?
(a) Squirrels and sparrows.
(b) Moths and caterpillars.
(c) Centipedes and earwigs.
(d) Black butterflies and spiders.

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

4. Which of the following is not a change that the adventurers notice after encountering the hunt and the white deer?
(a) The shadows in the forest do not seem as deep or dark.
(b) They see autumn leaves beginning to fall from the trees.
(c) They begin to hear singing and laughter in the distance.
(d) They start to see and hear birds in the branches above them.

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

6. What does Bilbo's handwriting look like?
(a) Cunning and cryptic.
(b) Thin and spidery.
(c) Flowing and beautiful.
(d) Crabbed and rather clumsy.

7. What does Bilbo think the eagles will do to him at first?
(a) He is afraid they will drop him over the edge of their eyrie.
(b) He hopes that they will give him a meal.
(c) He thinks they will give him back to the goblins.
(d) He thinks they plan to eat him.

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

9. What is the English translation for the names of the swords (Orcrist and Glamdring) that Thorin and Gandalf now own?
(a) Tailbiter and Flame of the West.
(b) Goblin-cleaver and Foe-hammer.
(c) Warhammer and Dragonslayer.
(d) Truefriend and Goblin-hammer.

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

11. Who is the first dwarf to arrive at Bilbo's house in Chapter 1?
(a) Dwalin.
(b) Bombur.
(c) Gloin.
(d) Balin.

12. What animals do the adventurers see quite frequently in the early stages of their journey through Mirkwood?
(a) Black squirrels.
(b) Poisonous snakes.
(c) Wild boars.
(d) Deer.

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

14. Where did Gollum live before coming to the underground lake?
(a) On the top of a windy mountain.
(b) With the goblins, but he was banished after he ate one of them.
(c) With his grandmother in a hole in a bank beside a river.
(d) Nowhere - he has always lived on his island.

15. Who is carrying Bilbo when the goblins find them for the second time?
(a) Gloin.
(b) Bifur.
(c) Dori.
(d) Bombur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the elvenking's butler?

2. Who does Bilbo see first after escaping Gollum and the dark tunnels?

3. What does Elrond dislike about dwarves?

4. How many goblins grab Bilbo?

5. What does Bilbo find to eat as they walk through the woods in Chapter 6?

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