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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Roac give to Thorin about the Lakemen?
(a) To trust all of them, especially the Master.
(b) Not to trust any of them, as they want to steal the gold.
(c) To attack first before the elf army arrives.
(d) To trust Bard, and to share the treasure with them.

2. What happened to Thorin's sword Orcrist?
(a) The King of the Wood Elves took it from Thorin when he was made prisoner.
(b) It had fallen off and become lost while the Eagles were rescuing the adventurers from the wargs and goblins.
(c) Nothing - Thorin uses it to enhance his kingly apperance when he presents himself to the Master of Laketown.
(d) It had become hopelessly rusty in the trip down the river.

3. Who does Bilbo meet unexpectedly in the camp of the elves and Lakemen?
(a) Gandalf.
(b) Beorn.,
(c) Gollum.
(d) Thorin.

4. Who makes the cram that the dwarves and Bilbo eat while camping at Ravenhill?
(a) Beorn.
(b) The Wood Elves.
(c) The dwarves, using an ancient and secret recipe.
(d) The Lake-men.

5. What is the other name for the Arkenstone?
(a) The Heart of Darkness.
(b) The Heart of the Mountain.
(c) The Mountain of Light.
(d) The Heart of the Dragon.

6. How does Thorin learn that Bilbo was the one who gave the Arkenstone to Bard and the Elvenking?
(a) Thorin finds Bilbo's distinctive footprints leading out of the stronghold.
(b) Bard tells Thorin where he got the Arkenstone from.
(c) Bilbo confesses to giving it to them.
(d) A raven who saw Bilbo going to the camp tells him.

7. What type of birds inhabit the area of the mountain and valleys closest to the Front Gate?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Crows.
(c) Thrushes.
(d) None - the dragon has eaten them all.

8. What does the Master believe about Thorin and his company at first?
(a) That Thorin is the true King Under the Mountain.
(b) That Thorin will be a worthy ally and trade partner.
(c) That Thorin will be killed by the dragon.
(d) That they are frauds.

9. Why does Smaug react with such great fury in Chapter 12?
(a) He smells the dwarves and realizes that they are coming to kill him.
(b) He is extremely disturbed by his nightmare.
(c) He is hungry after his long sleep and his hunger infuriates him.
(d) He is outraged that someone has dared to steal from him.

10. How old is Roac the raven?
(a) We are not told.
(b) 300.
(c) 153.
(d) 135.

11. Why is Bard astonished when the thrush lands on his shoulder?
(a) He believes the thrush is a spy of the dragon's sent to distract his aim.
(b) The thrush is the emblem on his family coat of arms.
(c) He thought all the thrushes in the area had been killed by the dragon.
(d) He can understand its speech.

12. Who carries the wooden casket holding the Arkenstone to the parley with Thorin?
(a) Bard the Bowman.
(b) An unnamed wood-elf.
(c) Gandalf.
(d) The Master of Laketown.

13. What colors is Smaug?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Red and gold.
(c) Green and gold.
(d) Red and green.

14. Which dwarves are killed in the battle or die because of wounds sustained during it?
(a) Dori, Nori and Ori.
(b) Bifur, Bofur and Bombur.
(c) Thorin, Balin and Dwalin.
(d) Thorin, Fili and Kili.

15. How does the Elvenking react to the sight of the Arkenstone?
(a) He is amazed by its beauty and questions Bilbo's right to give it to him.
(b) He is consumed by lust for the gem and is willing to renounce the rest of the treasure if he can have the Arkenstone.
(c) He is unimpressed by it.
(d) He rejects Bilbo's offer as treacherous and ignoble, preferring instead to fight fairly for a share of the treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dwarves suggest that Bilbo should do when they begin to despair of being able to open the secret door in Chapter 11?

2. Why can Bard understand the speech of the thrush?

3. What phase of the moon is showing when Bilbo realizes that Durin's Day has come and they can find the keyhole?

4. How does Bilbo know that the gem he stumbles across is the Arkenstone?

5. What did Smaug meet in his nightmare before he wakes up?

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