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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the inn where the dwarves meet Bilbo in Chapter 2?
(a) The Green Dragon.
(b) The Prancing Pony.
(c) The Bridge and Bottle.
(d) The Golden Perch.

2. What was the final fate of the ponies?
(a) They escaped back to Rivendell.
(b) They starved to death.
(c) The goblins used them to draw carts in the mines.
(d) The goblins ate them.

3. How does Beorn react to the dwarves' talk of gold, silver and jewels?
(a) He ignores them, as he has no interest in treasures.
(b) He is angry and perplexed at their greed.
(c) He is amazed at the skill the dwarves talk about.
(d) He is intrigued and starts becoming greedy for a share of the treasure.

4. What light are the adventurers using to guide them inside the tunnels in Chapter 4?
(a) The magical light given off by Orcrist and Glamdring when goblins are nearby.
(b) A torch dropped by a goblin when Thorin killed one.
(c) A strange green glow given off by Gandalf's smoke rings.
(d) The magical glow on Gandalf's staff.

5. What musical instrument does Thorin Oakenshield play?
(a) A fiddle.
(b) A clarinet.
(c) A harp.
(d) A flute.

6. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer Took?
(a) Football.
(b) Polo.
(c) Snooker.
(d) Golf.

7. Which troll catches Bilbo in Chapter 2?
(a) All three of them.
(b) Bert.
(c) Tom.
(d) William.

8. What sort of tree does Gandalf take refuge from the wargs in?
(a) An oak.
(b) A spruce.
(c) A fir.
(d) A pine.

9. Why is the magic ring unable to protect the wearer from the wargs?
(a) Wargs have especially keen hearing.
(b) Wargs can still see the wearer's shadow, even by moonlight.
(c) Wargs are magical, and the ring does not work on them.
(d) Wargs can find the wearer by their sense of smell.

10. What animals set up the dinner table and light the lamps in Beorn's hall?
(a) Sheep, cattle and cats.
(b) Bears, boars and oxen.
(c) Bees, eagles and enslaved wolves.
(d) Ponies, dogs and sheep.

11. What is the name of Gandalf's cousin?
(a) Saruman.
(b) Mithrandir.
(c) Elrond.
(d) Radagast.

12. Where are the elves hiding when they sing nonsense songs to welcome the adventurers to Rivendell?
(a) On the roof of Rivendell.
(b) Under the narrow stone bridge.
(c) In trees beside the path.
(d) Beside the stream.

13. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?
(a) Gandalf's.
(b) Thorin's.
(c) Dwalin's.
(d) Gloin's.

14. What does Elrond dislike about dwarves?
(a) Their singing.
(b) Their love of gold.
(c) Their long beards.
(d) Their cruelty and wickedness towards dragons.

15. How many goblins grab Bilbo?
(a) Two.
(b) None - Bilbo escapes.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bilbo find on the floor in Chapter 5?

2. Which pair of dwarves are the youngest?

3. How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?

4. What does Gollum call the ring?

5. Why are the dwarves glad to be captured by the elves (at first)?

(see the answer keys)

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