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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?
(a) Gloin's.
(b) Dwalin's.
(c) Gandalf's.
(d) Thorin's.

5. Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?
(a) In Thror's kingdom that was destroyed by the dragon.
(b) In the Mines of Moria.
(c) In Rivendell itself.
(d) In the ancient elvish kingdom of Gondolin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gandalf's cousin?

2. How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?

3. What type of bird is named in the moon-letters on the map?

4. What color is Bilbo's front door into his hobbit hole?

5. What sort of elves have taken Thorin prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bombur manage to fall into the enchanted stream?

2. What are some natural features that serve as defenses for Rivendell, both in the way of putting hazards in the path of potential attackers and for hiding/camouflaging Rivendell?

3. Retell the events of Chapter 6 in your own words from the point of view of the Lord of the Eagles.

4. How many ways can Gandalf find of interpreting Bilbo's use of the phrase "Good Morning" and what are the different possible meanings?

5. How do the trees that the adventurers are hiding in in Chapter 6 manage to catch fire?

6. Why does Bilbo believe that there is no end to the forest after he climbs up the tall oak to have a look around?

7. Describe Elrond, the master or ruler of Rivendell in your own words.

8. Why does Gandalf instruct the dwarves to arrive two by two at five-minute intervals?

9. Why does Bilbo decide to pick William the troll's pocket?

10. In Chapter 9, Bilbo becomes a successful burglar for the first time. Name some of the things he steals, how he does so, and what obstacles he has to overcome.

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