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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 does Bilbo deduce from seeing the smoke and steam issuing from the Front Gate?
(a) That the dragon is getting ready to come out and eat them.
(b) That the dragon is watching them from the side of the mountain.
(c) That the dragon is alive.
(d) That the dragon has set himself on fire.

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

3. What is the name of the hill close to where the dwarves and Bilbo make their first camp approaching the Lonely Mountain?
(a) Dale.
(b) Ravenhill.
(c) Ravensdown.
(d) Dragonmount.

4. In Chapter 12, who volunteers to come some of the way down the tunnel with Bilbo?
(a) Fili.
(b) Thorin.
(c) Kili.
(d) Balin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals or creatures can be found near the doorstep?

2. For whom was the armor Bilbo is rewarded with in Chapter 13 originally made?

3. Who killed Bolg, the goblin cheiftan?

4. What is the first hint of the dragon's presence that Bilbo notices as he descends the tunnel?

5. What colors is Smaug?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bilbo's attitude differ from that of the dwarves in Chapter 9?

2. What dreams or legends do the Lakemen have regarding the King Under the Mountain and Smaug?

3. How is Bilbo able to take and hide the Arkenstone without the dwarves knowing?

4. Why does Thorin refuse to share the treasure with Bard and his allies and treat them with hostility?

5. Why does Bombur remain in the lower camp with the ponies and supplies in Chapter 11?

6. Upon what does Bard the Bowman base his claim to a share of the dragon's treasure?

7. What is the cause of most of the casualties resulting from Smaug's attack on Esgaroth (Laketown)?

8. Why does Bilbo give the Arkenstone to Bard the Bowman?

9. What effect does the sight of the treasure have on the dwarves?

10. What details are given in Chapter 11 as hints to an alert reader that the one chance of finding the keyhole is about to present itself?

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