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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes Bilbo drop his torch after finding the Arkenstone?
(a) He trips over a necklace of pearls.
(b) He believes the dragon is coming back and wants to hide.
(c) He is so surprised when he sees the Arkenstone that he drops the torch.
(d) A bat startles him.

3. How long do the dwarves and Bilbo stay in Laketown?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) We are not told.
(d) A fortnight.

4. How can the dwarves and Bilbo reach the third camp outside the 'doorstep'?
(a) Either by a narrow path along the edge of a precipice or by ropes.
(b) On horseback.
(c) By floating along the river.
(d) Only by ropes - no other way is possible.

5. How high is the doorway that leads into the secret tunnel in Chapter 11?
(a) We are not told.
(b) Three feet high.
(c) Five feet high.
(d) Six feet high.

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

7. 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?
(a) Talk to the thrushes and see if they know the secret of opening the door.
(b) Go back to Laketown and ask for more supplies and weapons.
(c) Go into the mountain through the Front Gate using his magic ring.
(d) Try to capture one of the thrushes, crows or ravens and use its feathers as a disguise to sneak into the mountain through the Front Gate.

8. What is the most common building material used in Laketown?
(a) Wood.
(b) Iron.
(c) Rammed earth.
(d) Stone.

9. How does Bilbo know that the gem he stumbles across is the Arkenstone?
(a) It is written in letters of gold across one of the facets of the stone.
(b) He hears the ghost of a long-dead dwarf whisper its name to him as he picks it up.
(c) He does not know it is the Arkenstone at all and fails to recognize it.
(d) Bilbo recognizes it from Thorin's description.

10. For whom was the armor Bilbo is rewarded with in Chapter 13 originally made?
(a) The bride of the King Under the Mountain.
(b) Thorin when he was younger.
(c) A young elf prince.
(d) Bullroarer Took as a reward for killing the goblin chieftain.

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

12. Who attacks first and starts the war over the dragon gold?
(a) The Lakemen.
(b) The dwarves.
(c) The goblins and wargs.
(d) The elves.

13. Why is Bilbo unhappy during their stay in Laketown?
(a) He has a bad cold.
(b) He does not like the food that the Lake-men offer them.
(c) He still wishes he was back in his hobbit-hole.
(d) He is suspicious about the possible motives of the Master.

14. What unexpected news does Bilbo give the elves and Lakemen?
(a) Dain from the Iron Hills is coming to Thorin's aid.
(b) The goblins are on their way to take the treasure.
(c) Thorin is weakening and is prepared to share.
(d) Smaug had a mate who is still alive inside the mountain.

15. In Chapter 16, who does Bilbo deal with and offer his share of the treasure to, along with the Arkenstone?
(a) Gandalf and Bard.
(b) Bard and the Master.
(c) Bard and the King of the Wood Elves.
(d) The Elvish High Council.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who volunteers to come some of the way down the tunnel with Bilbo?

2. What does Thorin take as armor and weapons from the hoard of Smaug's treasure?

3. Who sit beside Thorin at the high table after Thorin proclaims himself as the descendant of Thror, King Under the Mountain?

4. What wound has Gandalf sustained during the Battle of the Five Armies?

5. Apart from the dragon, what other animals live inside the Lonely Mountain?

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