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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skills or interests does the Master have that have made him the ruler of Laketown?
(a) His knowledge of the Elvish languages.
(b) His love of old songs.
(c) His excellent memory and people skills.
(d) His economic expertise.

2. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"
(a) Gollum's grandmother.
(b) Goblins.
(c) The skeleton of a drowned knight.
(d) A fish.

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

4. How do the dwarves manage to obtain three ponies in Chapter 15?
(a) They find that three of the ponies escaped from the dragon and were wandering down the river.
(b) Bilbo steals the ponies off the Lakemen using his magic ring.
(c) They capture and tame wild ponies that were living in the area.
(d) Dain from the Iron Hills sends the ponies to help Thorin.

5. What type of bird brings Bilbo and the dwarves the news of the dragon's death?
(a) A raven.
(b) A crow.
(c) A thrush.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Roac the raven?

2. What does Gollum call the ring?

3. Why is Bilbo unhappy during their stay in Laketown?

4. What happened to Thorin's sword Orcrist?

5. Which of the following does Bard not use as a reason why the dwarves should share the treasure with the people of Laketown?

(see the answer key)

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