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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. Which of the following does not happen when one of the adventurers steps into the ring of lights surrounding the elves' feast?
(a) The fire erupts in a shower of sparks.
(b) The elves begin singing an eerie tune.
(c) The lights magically go out.
(d) The adventurers become confused and disoriented.

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

3. What nearly gives Bilbo's presence away to the men steering the barrels in spite of the invisibility conferred on him by the ring?
(a) He bumps into the men quite frequently.
(b) His weight presses the barrels lower in the water.
(c) His wet footprints and his sneezing.
(d) His shadow in the torchlight.

4. What phase of the moon is showing when Elrond studies the map?
(a) A crescent moon.
(b) A new moon.
(c) A full moon.
(d) A gibbous moon.

5. What sort of drink does Gandalf ask Bilbo to get him in Chapter 1?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Porter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gollum eat?

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

3. What does Bilbo's handwriting look like?

4. How does Beorn find out that Gandalf's story is true?

5. What animals set up the dinner table and light the lamps in Beorn's hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the goblins take the adventurers prisoner, and what fate do the goblins intend for them?

2. What strategy does Bilbo use to try to win the riddle contest (not including his final "What have I got in my pocket?" question)?

3. Why does Bilbo decide to go with the dwarves and declare himself to be willing to join the adventure?

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

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

6. What advice do Beorn and Gandalf give to Bilbo and the dwarves about the journey through Mirkwood?

7. 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.

8. How does Bilbo react when he sees Gollum between him and the way out and why?

9. Describe Beorn in your own words.

10. How do the Wood Elves differ from the goblins in regards to their treatment of prisoners?

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