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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What had Fili's barrel been used to carry before he escaped inside it?
(a) Butter.
(b) Wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Apples.

4. Which of the following does Bard not use as a reason why the dwarves should share the treasure with the people of Laketown?
(a) Bard was the one who actually killed the dragon.
(b) The dragon had a lot of treasure, so there is plenty for all to share.
(c) The people of Laketown helped the dwarves when the dwarves were in need, but are now in need themselves.
(d) Some of the treasure came from Dale and belonged to Bard's ancestors.

5. What stops Bilbo from going forward in the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
(a) He hears goblins going fishing.
(b) Gollum catches him.
(c) He comes to the edge of a subterranean lake.
(d) He blunders into a dead end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistaken belief is held by the younger people of Laketown?

2. What animals does Bilbo sense as he wanders through the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?

3. What is the answer to Bilbo's first riddle?

4. What does Bilbo learn about his sword in Chapter 5?

5. Who sit beside Thorin at the high table after Thorin proclaims himself as the descendant of Thror, King Under the Mountain?

(see the answer key)

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