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

2. What is the name of Dain's father?
(a) Nain.
(b) Thorin.
(c) Carc.
(d) Thrain.

3. How does the Elvenking react to the sight of the Arkenstone?
(a) He is amazed by its beauty and questions Bilbo's right to give it to him.
(b) He is unimpressed by it.
(c) He rejects Bilbo's offer as treacherous and ignoble, preferring instead to fight fairly for a share of the treasure.
(d) He is consumed by lust for the gem and is willing to renounce the rest of the treasure if he can have the Arkenstone.

4. How does Bilbo manage to recognize Thorin after freeing him from the barrel?
(a) By his red cloak, black boots and dark green tunic
(b) By his long nose and bristling beard.
(c) By his blue hood with the silver tassel and by his golden chain.
(d) By a distinctive scar left from his encounter with Smaug in the distant past.

5. Who sit beside Thorin at the high table after Thorin proclaims himself as the descendant of Thror, King Under the Mountain?
(a) Fili and Kili.
(b) Dwalin and Balin.
(c) Bofur and Bombur.
(d) Bilbo and the Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which dwarf is not present on the Doorstep when the door is finally opened?

2. What did Smaug meet in his nightmare before he wakes up?

3. Why does Bombur choose to stay below and guard the ponies in Chapter 11?

4. How high is the doorway that leads into the secret tunnel in Chapter 11?

5. Who carries the wooden casket holding the Arkenstone to the parley with Thorin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Bilbo and the dwarves know that they have successfully found the secret entrance into the mountain?

2. Why does Smaug laugh when Bilbo tells him that revenge is one of the motives of their quest?

3. Explain the meaning of the ambiguous or riddling answers Bilbo gives to Smaug to avoid revealing his name to the dragon (and thus giving the dragon power over him)?

4. 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?

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

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

7. Why does the dwarves' imprisonment turn out to be a lucky accident?

8. How is the treasure divided after the battle is won in Chapter 17?

9. Describe what the Master of Laketown is like in your own words.

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

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