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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?
(a) A pot full of gold coins.
(b) A large, clumsy key.
(c) A long beautiful sword in a jewelled scabbard.
(d) A knife big enough to serve him as a short sword.

2. What is the weak point in Bilbo's plan of escape from the elves?
(a) He forgot that he had nobody to pack him inside a barrel.
(b) He forgot that the elves would notice that the barrels were still full.
(c) He forgot that he couldn't swim.
(d) He forgot to leave air-holes so the dwarves could breathe through.

3. What does Bilbo try to steal from the trolls?
(a) A jug of beer.
(b) A purse.
(c) A pony.
(d) A dagger.

4. What cooking method do the trolls decide on first of all before Gandalf stirs up the argument again?
(a) Roasting the dwarves slowly.
(b) Sitting on them and squashing them.
(c) Mincing them and making them into pies.
(d) Mincing them and boiling them.

5. What animals does Bilbo sense as he wanders through the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
(a) Snakes.
(b) None - the goblins have eaten everything alive.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bombur fall into the enchanted river?

2. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"

3. What color is Bilbo's front door into his hobbit hole?

4. What happened outside Beorn's hall on the first night the adventurers stayed there?

5. Which of the following devices do the goblins not make (or have made for them)?

(see the answer key)

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