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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. What is the answer to Bilbo's first riddle?
(a) Teeth.
(b) White horses.
(c) The wind.
(d) A mountain.

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

3. What happened outside Beorn's hall on the first night the adventurers stayed there?
(a) Beorn, in bear-shape, tried to kill the adventurers.
(b) Beorn had a great battle against a pack of Wargs.
(c) Beorn and other bears held a meeting and a dance.
(d) Beorn and Gandalf talked all night on top of the Carrock.

4. What is the weak point in Bilbo's plan of escape from the elves?
(a) He forgot that he had nobody to pack him inside a barrel.
(b) He forgot that he couldn't swim.
(c) He forgot to leave air-holes so the dwarves could breathe through.
(d) He forgot that the elves would notice that the barrels were still full.

5. What is Gandalf's last piece of advice before he leaves the dwarves and Bilbo?
(a) Keep going straight ahead, no matter what happens.
(b) You must either go through or give up the quest.
(c) Don't go near the Necromancer's tower.
(d) Don't leave the path.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bilbo see at nightfall as they travel towards Mirkwood?

2. Why are the dwarves glad to be captured by the elves (at first)?

3. Who carries Bilbo at first as they try to escape from the mines after Gandalf kills the Great Goblin?

4. What phase of the moon is showing when Elrond studies the map?

5. Which of the following is not a name for the trolls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What good luck do the adventurers have while they are staying in Rivendell that is likely to prove vital to their quest?

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

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

5. What significant turning point in Bilbo's personal development occurs during the events of Chapter 8, and how does it change Bilbo?

6. Why are the wargs (wolves) in the woods that night in Chapter 6?

7. How does Gandalf manage to save the dwarves from being eaten by the trolls?

8. What do the adventurers take from the trolls' treasure hoard?

9. What is special about the swords that Gandalf and Thorin took from the trolls' hoard of plunder?

10. What accident do the travelers experience in Chapter 6 that turns out to be in their favor?

(see the answer keys)

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