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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes Bilbo up from his sleep after he realizes he is alone in Chapter 8, after coming across the elves' feast?
(a) The hunting horn of the elf king.
(b) The shouts and cries of the dwarves.
(c) A high-pitched buzzing noise made by a fly attempting to escape from the spiders.
(d) A spider, which is trying to wrap him up in sticky thread.

2. Why does Bombur fall into the enchanted river?
(a) Dwalin knocks him in accidentally.
(b) He is too fat and clumsy to jump out of the boat without stumbling.
(c) A deer knocks him in.
(d) The boat starts floating downstream so he jumps into the water.

3. Who made the map that Gandalf gives to Thorin?
(a) The Necromancer.
(b) Thrain.
(c) Thror.
(d) Dain.

4. What first alerts the Lord of the Eagles to the events in the wood?
(a) The howling of the wolves.
(b) A magical message from Gandalf.
(c) The flames in the forest.
(d) The line of goblin soldiers marching towards the forest.

5. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?
(a) He steals it from the stores or the table when nobody is looking.
(b) He takes it out of the barrels sent to Esgaroth.
(c) He slips out through the magic gates and goes hunting.
(d) He scrounges it off the rubbish heaps of the elves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Bilbo loses the riddle contest?

2. What cooking method do the trolls decide on first of all before Gandalf stirs up the argument again?

3. Which pair of dwarves are the youngest?

4. What is the goblin name for Thorin's sword?

5. What is Thorin considering doing when he learns that the other dwarves are also in prison with him?

(see the answer key)

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